
Cedille really does set an industry standard for finding intelligent and desirable ways to showcase its artists, and this release is a case in point.
Back in the late-’50s/early-’60s, my violin teacher sent me home after each week’s lesson with a handful of LPs–recordings of famous violin pieces, transcriptions, and
This is a very pleasing recital of vocal music as well as a happy introduction to American composer Lita Grier. Now based in Chicago, Grier
Brilliant performances, spectacular sound, and intelligent repertoire selection add up to a winning package in this marvelous disc from Cedille. As so often happens in
If you have 76 minutes to spare for some rare, interesting, and vastly enjoyable piano duet repertoire, consider this release. Georges Onslow’s two sonatas bristle
It’s entirely possible that Cathy Basrak’s name is unfamiliar; after all, there are very few violists from any age who have reached any plausible level
Volume 2 of Cedille’s African Heritage Symphonic Series moves further into the 20th century, and like Columbia Records’ Black Composer’s series from the 1970s, features
Ursula Oppens has been a steadfast and masterful champion of Elliott Carter’s music for more than three decades, and her recital encompassing the prolific 100-year-old
Jennifer Higdon’s String Poetic is a major work–substantial (20-plus minutes), significant (conceptually and technically), and successful. In other words, this is a composition of, by,
Franz Clement’s name has come down to us as the dedicatee of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, but a year previously, in 1805, he wrote his own