
The Russian-born pianist Mikhail Volchok studied with Yakov Zak, and boasts an impressive list of international performance and teaching credits. If Volchok teaches as well
About a decade separates Jeni Slotchiver’s second “Busoni The Visionary” release from the present third volume. Her solid technique and innate empathy for the composer’s
After a long hiatus, Frederic Chiu seems to be recording regularly again. His latest project is devoted to G.I. Gurdjieff/Thomas de Hartmann piano music collaborations—quite
Catherine Kautsky is professor of music and chair of keyboard studies at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, and boasts an enviable multi-faceted resume of performing
Pianist Brian Dykstra is something of a ragtime specialist, as well as a superb rag composer in his own right. I enthusiastically reviewed an earlier
Much as I’d like to recommend this intelligently conceived and well-contrasted program of mixed unaccompanied violin works, Linda Wang’s uneven performances prevent serious consideration. In
Pianist Eduardo Fernández first caught my attention through his superb recording of Albéniz’s Iberia. His second solo release is devoted to late Brahms, and for
The Canadian-born, Juilliard-trained, Washington, DC-based pianist Audrey Andrist boasts a resume packed with competition victories, recital tours, and distinguished chamber and concerto collaborations. So it
Sometimes you just want to listen to something light and non-demanding to the brain or ear–something very pleasingly melodious, mellifluous, and even occasionally majestic and
The majority of Kaikhosru Sorabji’s songs date from just after the beginning of World War I, when the composer was in his early 20s. Their