There have been so few new releases which interested me this summer, I haven’t been buying many and, thus, haven’t been reviewing many. So it was with great anticipation that this one appeared on the […]
Here we have another wonderful string quartet which I had not encountered before – one which exemplifies supreme excellence in modern-day string quartet playing. The Seikilos Quartet was founded in 2011 within the Spanish National […]
I was completely unfamiliar with composer Peter Heise, thus I relied on the excellent CD booklet more than usual for information about him and his music. It contains comprehensive liner notes written by Jens Cornelius, […]
Here we have another invaluable release from the indefatigable Naxos label, presenting a heretofore unknown orchestra (the Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra in Brazil) and their principal conductor (Fabio Mechetti) playing the music of unknown composer […]
After two disappointing orchestral releases (from John Wilson on Chandos and, especially, Barbara Hannigan on Alpha Classics), followed by 2 that I was more than pleased with (featuring music of Mel Bonis), I was thrilled […]
That’s not necessarily a biblical quote coming from me (hardly!), but a phrase which is nonetheless apropos in this context. In my review of Trio Wanderer’s “Art Nouveau” collection of French chamber music, I loved […]
“An American Dream?” Why the question mark? There’s a lot to get to on this one, not least of which is why the title of the album is a question. Barbara Hannigan explains that in the […]
“God it’s just so boring.” That’s the extent of my listening notes for this new album from John Wilson and company. So do I even need to go on? (I suppose I could elaborate a bit. […]
Berg and Webern probably wouldn’t have enticed me to buy this CD, but the inclusion of Schulhoff’s Five Pieces did. So reading my headline there, you might be wondering why I left Schulhoff out. Well, […]
Here’s another album of new music with an “arty” title which is becoming so commonplace on Classical releases these days. This one is adorned with “Undreamed Shores” – and I wondered, what does that even […]
