It was the black year of 1968 when conductor Agnieszka Duczmal founded the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra. On the streets, students and workers went on strike and the antisemitic Communist government blamed the Jews, forcing thousands […]
Nicolas de Staël (1914-1955) was a Russian-born French painter whose turbulent life often overshadowed his short career. Composer John Casken describes de Staël’s canvases as being as vibrant and vivid of any artist working at […]
What a treat – a coupling as effective as it is rare. Who would have thought Einojuhani Rautavaara and Bohuslav Martinů make such wonderful disc fellows? And yet, they do! Good to see Rautavaara again […]