Yeon-Hee Kwak: Solo Oboe

Ordinarily an hour of unaccompanied oboe is a prescription for aural fatigue. However, Yeon-Hee Kwak’s multi-leveled mastery, exemplary musicianship, and intelligent program building command your

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TANGOS

In theory, a quartet of accordion players converging on specially arranged Astor Piazzolla tangos equals squeezebox overkill. Not here, though. Somehow the musicians comprising Hans

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GROOVEBOX

The sisters of the Ahn Trio (violinist Angella and the twins, pianist Lucia and cellist Maria) return with a follow-up to their Angel crossover success

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TRANSATLANTIC

Though the thematic programming for this disc is a bit off–it is dedicated to “America”, or the influence thereof, yet leans to the tango–the fresh

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RHAPSODY FOR KLEZMER

If you had never heard Astor Piazzola’s tangos before encountering them in a suite tailored to Klezmer giant Giora Feidman’s clarinet mastery, you’d swear you

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PASIÓN

The Eroica Trio consists of violinist Adela Pena, cellist Sara Sant’Ambrogio, and pianist Erika Nickrenz. According to the booklet notes, an earlier album of theirs

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