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Recorded live at The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at two concerts in March, 2015, this CD caught my eye with the promise of
This is billed as the world-premiere recording of Mendelssohn’s Violin
Take a look at the cover. This is the most classic-looking DG release in many a year, which should immediately raise suspicions. Obviously the intent,
Daniel Hope’s new Deutsche Grammophon recording celebrates the artistry of the highly respected and significantly influential 19th-century violinist Joseph Joachim by presenting a varied assortment
Profiles of three Czech composers, each of whom was imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp: this is the somber premise of “Forbidden Music”, an album
Anything that brings to more listeners’ attention the works of such composers as Hans Krasa, Pavel Haas, and Viktor Ullmann is a good thing. And
After more than a half-century of undeserved neglect following its publication in 1919, Rebecca Clarke’s excellent Viola Sonata was reborn in 1976 and in recent
The Shostakovich anniversary year will expand the already generous catalogue of the composer’s recordings, but this one shouldn’t get lost in the crowd. Daniel Hope,
Daniel Hope is a young violinist whose previous Nimbus discs–especially a surprisingly exciting pairing of Shostakovich and Schnittke–have attracted well-deserved attention. His keyboard colleague, Simon
It’s remarkable how completely the twenty-something British violin virtuoso Daniel Hope enters into the often tortured world of eastern European composers. The centerpiece of this
