These “Complete String Quartets” by American composer John Zorn aren’t really string quartets – at least not in the traditional sense. These are, more accurately, a collection of 8 named pieces for string quartet. (There is […]
I’m glad I acquired this enticing new album from the National Symphony Orchestra last November when it first came out – before the egomaniac in the White House sabotaged The Kennedy Center’s honor, credibility and […]
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Here we have another group bursting onto the scene with a new recording of the Ligeti String Quartets. After having been thoroughly bowled over a couple years ago with the Quatuor Diotima playing these amazing […]
What started out as an album presenting 4 world premiers commissioned by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, turned out to be just 3, plus a regretfully superfluous recording of Kenneth Fuchs’ reorchestration of his Point of […]
I’ve started the year with quite a few less-than-stimulating new Classical recordings released in the past couple of months. While many are attractive, offering enticing repertoire, several of them have left me feeling a bit […]
Here we have an enticing new recording of the music of Edward MacDowell on Chandos. And who better to bring it to life like no one else can than John Wilson. Well, the first red […]
This is a disc I’ve been wanting to review but I’m having a hard time thinking of how to describe it. These 3 String Quartets (#2-4) by English composer Joseph Phibbs, played by the fantastic Piatti Quartet, […]
Music from the Americas IVenezuela! Judging from “I” in the title, this appears to be the first in a series, and what an enticing prospect it is. This program contains music from 20th-Century Venezuelan composers, conducted […]
It’s so nice to hear the wonderful Czech Philharmonic on a different record label after being smothered in excess warmth and an airless acoustic on Supraphon practically forever. And even though Pentatone has almost entirely […]
