classical cd

I’ve collected the 3 of these to appear so far in the series – although after listening to the first one, I haven’t been motivated to listen to the next two. Francesca and Tempest were […]

I feel sorry for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. They got themselves a new hot-stuff conductor in 2020, and now a recording arrangement with Pentatone (although that’s not as prestigious as it once was), and this […]

I really enjoyed John Wilson’s 2022 Rach 3 (much more than his Rach 2), finding his straightforward, no-nonsense approach worked quite well in that piece. So I was really looking forward to hearing what he […]

I have really enjoyed Domingo Hindoyan‘s recordings of less familiar, less over-recorded repertoire. His discs of French ballet music, “Venezuela!”, and the music of Roberto Sierra were really terrific. But then Onyx released his Bruckner 4, and now […]

Naxos has previously released another recording of Fazil Say’s music for violin featuring violinist Friedemann Eichhorn, which included his 2 fantastic Sonatas for Violin and Piano and his more familiar (and somewhat more oft recorded) […]

I’ve seen several YouTube videos of live concerts from this orchestra and their new Russian conductor, Stanislav Kochanovsky. He’s certainly a Russian-music specialist, as demonstrated on YouTube and his new debut album. But I have […]

​This release, aptly titled “A Duke Moment”, spotlights music originating from Duke University. The Ciompi Quartet, comprised of professors at Duke, play an interesting program of new and recent works for string quartet by composers […]

​Two recent releases have me losing some respect for 2 esteemed Classical music labels – one for taking advantage of the consumer by offering a full price CD with a ridiculously short playing time; the […]

​This box set was apparently issued to celebrate the 30-year anniversary of the DAFO String Quartet. But you would never know that unless you read the enclosed booklet very attentively, where it is inconspicuously mentioned […]

I received a review copy of this CD in the mail and thought I’d just sample it real quick to see if it was something I would enjoy enough to write about. And I soon […]