Carl Reinecke (1824-1910) garnered veneration and respect throughout his long life for his multi-faceted talents as a pianist, conductor, teacher, and prolific composer with more
The combination of Yuja Wang, Gustavo Dudamel, and Rachmaninov’s complete works for piano and orchestra amounted to a box office sure thing this past February
The 21-year-old Bella Davidovich made headlines when she won the
Debussy’s String Quartet is, of course, standard fare, and it usually appears in tandem with the Ravel and something else French. Not here. Instead, we
The young Danish pianist Kristoffer Hyldig first came to my attention by way of his recording of Messiaen’s large-scale song cycle Harawi featuring mezzo-soprano Hetna
No, the world probably doesn’t need another Vivaldi Four Seasons. But, just maybe it wouldn’t hurt to add one more–like this one, for instance. Perhaps
Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante burst onto the musical scene with their first recording of The Four Seasons for Opus 111. That disc was a
This is a recording that makes me wish I had scores at hand while listening. These four works, written by Latvian composer Eriks Ešenvalds between
Igor Levit never does anything halfway. Every year he brings out a multi-CD release featuring a variety of big, substantial piano works, all framed within
There are many reasons to listen to a recording of choral music: pleasure ranks high on my list. But in recent years, so often on