
Why do artists need to impose a thematic concept upon a program that easily stands on its own? This disc is a case in point.
Beus plays Barber and Bauer. Hmmm. Never mind the alliteration; these are very good performances of a well-chosen program of much greater than ordinary interest.
Mark Mellits is a post-minimalist composer whose music takes in a typically eclectic mix of elements: bits of melody ranging from Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring
Listening to Jasper Wood’s rock-solid, glitch-free command of Bartók’s chamber works with violin (minus the sonatas), it’s hard to believe that this music ever was
The market is not exactly saturated with Fauré Nocturne cycles, in contrast to the seemingly endless Schumann Kreisleriana and Beethoven Appassionata recordings that cross my
Here’s an interesting program, one of those well-planned recitals that adds up to something greater than the sum of its parts. All of the music
There seems to be no lack of young pianists coming out of the woodwork, all of them hell-bent on playing contemporary music beautifully. Such is
This disc sounds terrific. Jasper Wood plays with a firm, rich tone and he’s excellently balanced against David Riley’s sparkling piano accompaniments. Most of the