
This opera-pretending-to-be-oratorio (opera was banned in Rome during the period in which the work was composed) offers an excellent way to discover and appreciate Alessandro
As a Messiaen scholar and interpreter, Paul Kim’s affinity for, understanding of, and pianistic command of the composer’s singular idiom admirably manifest themselves throughout Vingt
Born in 1965, pianist Sang Mi Chung studied at Juilliard with Adele Marcus and Martin Canin. She’s a teacher in her own right (at New
Pianist Ksenia Nosikova proves as idiomatic and convincing a Lisztian in the first volume of the composer’s Années de pèlerinage as in her previous release
Charles Dieupart’s harpsichord “Suittes” published in 1701 represent the first time a keyboard suite was treated as a form in itself, uniformly structured with a
The producers of this recording did the right thing by programming a variety of works–with and without bassoon–but they should have resisted whatever impulse possessed
When it comes to the art of the trio sonata no composer surpassed Telemann in quantity or quality. His remarkable ability to draw on current
Unlike his father Johann Sebastian who primarily concentrated on sacred vocal settings for the church, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, unburdened by cantorial responsibility, composed mostly
Here’s an attractive and stunningly played program of saxophone quartet music, ranging from baroque transcriptions to modern shades of blues. Proceeding in chronological order, the
Given how imaginatively conceived Rameau’s harpsichord works are you’d think that simply playing the notes and observing period style would be sufficient to bring this