Anyone who reads my blog knows I love the Piatti Quartet. It is interesting though, as is so often the case with many of today’s string quartets, some of their personnel keeps changing (particularly the […]
This 2-CD album presents the 4 complete string quartets of Polish composer and conductor Paul Kletzki. They are very substantial works – the first three of which were composed in Berlin between 1923 and 1931, […]
Here’s another new title which has been nearly impossible to get my hands on. I can’t imagine why this one in particular has been continuously unavailable and/or ridiculously priced completely out of consideration. Maybe because it’s […]
I’ve always loved Trio Wanderer and have most of their recordings for harmonia mundi on my shelves – including the hands-down, best collection of Beethoven Piano Trios ever committed to disc. However, doing a little […]
This CD was a challenge to get my hands on. It is currently available only as a download (or streaming), and though the CD has been listed on Presto for a few weeks, it has […]
I was thrilled to see this new recording from the Pacifica Quartet on Cedille Records. No extraneous “extras” like on their previous two “America-themed” releases (a clarinet on American Stories and a children’s choir (groan) on American Voices). […]
After a rather ho-hum start to the year, there ended up being many, many wonderful new releases – many fully deserving a “Best of the Year” accolade. And even though there were lots of fair-to-middlin’ […]
What was Onyx thinking, releasing this right on the heels of JoAnn Falletta’s electrifying Naxos recording of this same theme and repertoire? It would be difficult for any recording to measure up with that still […]
If you think you know what Wilson is going to sound like in Walton’s 1st Symphony, you’re probably right. Though I was hoping against hope that he would surprise us and come up with something […]
Several fantastic, musically inspiring releases have graced my listening room over the past couple of months, and it has been a pleasure hearing and writing about them here on my blog. But among those, there […]
