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Over the past two decades the Finnish pianist Juho Pohjonen has become a highly sought-after chamber music collaborator in concert and on disc. He also
In 2012 Orchid Classics released an imaginative coupling of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Kuhlau’s Piano Concerto Op. 7, where the Armenian-born pianist Marianna
Not all listeners warm to classical saxophonists’ smooth and seamless timbres, in contrast to the disparate individuality typifying great jazz artists. That said, Huw Wiggin’s
Although George Lepauw recorded Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier in 2017 for both film and CD release, my review solely concerns the audio component. When a complete
Lera Auerbach’s four-movement Third Sonata alternates between slow and fast sections. The slow music evokes late Shostakovich, but with more pronounced register extremes and plenty
The disc’s subtitle announces this will be a program of
Imagine that you’re in the mood for some late 19th/early 20th century Russian piano music, and you can’t decide between Scriabin or Rachmaninov. My solution:
No matter what kind of opera listener you are–the “serious devotee” whose interest embraces all aspects of opera, from the musical to the theatrical and
Beethoven’s sonatas have played a dominant role in Jonathan Biss’ recording career from the beginning. I welcomed the 23-year-old pianist’s 2004 EMI recital debut, which
In most compilations such as this, you are lulled into a comfortable place where the listening’s easy and the romantic atmosphere is high. Then, just
