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Big Boxes: Virtuoso Piano Etudes

by Jed Distler

This 22-CD boxed set more-or-less encompasses the history of the piano etude. It contains several Br... Continue Reading

Major Discoveries: Kalliwoda’s Intriguing First Symphony

by David Hurwitz

Written in 1825, Kalliwoda's First Symphony attracted many admirers, including Mendelssohn and Schum... Continue Reading

Kancheli’s Sunny Night

by David Vernier

You're in a café, a quiet little out of the way place. The sudden sound of violin and piano, perhap... Continue Reading

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Alberto Nepomuceno: A Promising Launch of Naxos’ Music of Brazil

by David Hurwitz

Alberto Nepomuceno (1864-1920) was a major force in the development of Brazilian music at the turn of the twentieth century. He worked as a composer, conductor, and educator, tirelessly promoting Braz... Continue Reading

Featured Label: Cedille

Viola Ascendant

by David Vernier

From Phantasy (the joyful, exuberant opening work by York Bowen) to Fantasie (the concluding, exhilarating, ever-popular bit of theatre by Franz Waxman), violist Matthew Lipman and his pianist partner... Continue Reading

Koh Celebrates Saariaho

by David Vernier

Imagine the modern performer. In the "old" days, let's say around the 1950s, the pinnacle for an aspiring young violinist might be the Bach Sonatas and Partitas; the Beethoven sonatas; concertos by Be... Continue Reading

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Emanuele Delucchi’s Chopin/Godowsky Cycle Completed

May 17, 2019 by Jed Distler

In my review of Emanuele Delucchi’s first of two projected CDs devoted to Leopold Godowsky’s complete studies based on the Chopin Etudes, I cited the Italian pianist’s “comfort with and absorp... Continue Reading

White Nougat: David Fray In Bach’s Multiple-Keyboard Concertos

May 17, 2019 by Jens F. Laurson

When Evgeni Koroliov & Co’s recording with the six multiple-keyboard concertos of Bach, performed on modern instruments, came out earlier this year, it became the immediate reference version. No... Continue Reading

Handel’s Acis–Clear, Finely Felt, Beautifully Sung & Played

May 12, 2019 by Robert Levine

Fine performances of Handel's delightful, brief pastoral are not rare: John Butt leads the Dunedin Consort in a five-voice version (as it was in 1718 at the premiere) that is crystal clear and spotles... Continue Reading

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