
Alain Lefèvre is a stylish pianist, and in these three live performances he offers plenty to tickle the ear. André Mathieu’s Rhapsodie Romantique is a
For reasons that are hard to pin down, Mozart’s six piano trios (despite the late date of five of them) do not rank among his
Almost all of the great, near-great, and not-so-great Romantic pianists composed fluffy salon pieces in their spare time. For better or worse, Alain Lefèvre has
This fine collection of Baroque music for strings invites an observation that’s often made but rarely so aptly as here: “If you like this sort
The second installment of Analekta’s Mozart piano and violin sonatas with violinist Jean-François Rivest and fortepianist David Breitman may well surpass Volume 1’s high artistic
Yet another fine early music ensemble pops up for the holiday season, courtesy of Analekta. Masques has assembled a charming program of Christmas music from
If you have the opportunity to sample this disc before buying it, play track number 5. You’ll first hear a wistful waltz theme, harmonized in
Graupner rocks! Well, not really, and somehow that didn’t come out sounding like I hoped it would; but if you’ve been following my reviews of
Although there’s nothing musically extraordinary here, these works for solo viola da gamba are well-crafted examples of the multi-national coalition of styles that characterized late-Baroque
Canadian violinist James Ehnes is a marvel. You won’t find a better Kreisler recital this side of, well, Kreisler. This disc already has garnered considerable