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Elgar & Beach: Piano Quintets
Amy Beach (1867–1944) came from the same generation that brought […]
- by Ted Libbey
- Oct 02nd, 2020

Fantasy: Lark, Yang
With several competition prizes and career grants under her belt, […]
- by Andrew Quint
- May 28th, 2020

Rachmaninoff: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2. Vocalise
It was my privilege to attend a day-long recording session […]
- by Andrew Quint
- Oct 31st, 2019

The Schubert Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon
Schubert’s otherworldly genius takes on a particularly striking aspect in […]
- by Ted Libbey
- Jun 07th, 2019

Vivaldi in Venice
Let me say it up front, Vivaldi in Venice is […]
- by Wayne Garcia
- Mar 01st, 2019

John Williams at the Movies
Those listeners not totally convinced by the change in sonority […]
- by Arthur Lintgen
- Jan 16th, 2019

Bernstein: MASS
When Leonard Bernstein’s MASS was first performed in 1971, even […]
- by Andrew Quint
- Nov 16th, 2018

Sarah Cahill: Eighty Trips Around the Sun: Music by and for Terry Riley
Listeners can access Terry Riley’s world through dozens of portals—In […]
- by Derk Richardson
- Nov 12th, 2018

For Glenn Gould. Stewart Goodyear
On a Sunday afternoon in January of 1955, 23-year-old Glenn […]
- by Andrew Quint
- Sep 21st, 2018

Olagón: A Cantata in Doublespeak
Eighth Blackbird is a consistently cutting-edge chamber ensemble. But “cutting […]
- by Andrew Quint
- Jun 21st, 2018

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio for Strings
Manfred Honeck explains his interpretive approach in this SACD’s program […]
- by Arthur Lintgen
- Apr 12th, 2018

Chesky: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3
By my count, these two piano concertos are David Chesky’s […]
- by Andrew Quint
- Feb 23rd, 2018