Old and new rub shoulders in the world-premiere recordings of Wispelwey’s arrangements of two Schubert violin works, plus the ‘Arpeggione’, for gut-stringed cello with fortepiano. Ninety per cent ...
Descriptions marks the initial alliance of venerable European improvisers, tenor saxophonist Matthias Schubert and pianist Simon Nabatov. Recorded live at a venue in Cologne, Germany, the musicians ...
The Passionflower Duo is a dynamic recital partnership, specializing in classical song. The duo has been performing throughout the Bay Area since 2018, and emphasize creative, ambitious, and expansive ...
Acute listening and sonic experiments with the Schubert masterpieces add immediacy, setting this recording apart Partners on stage and off, as well as solo artists, Russian-born Pavel Kolesnikov and ...
Pianists are often solitary creatures, but in eras past the piano was a more social apparatus. Not merely an instrument, it was the focal point of any respectable household; a source of in-home ...
Schubert’s piano duets on period instruments are still – perhaps surprisingly – relatively thin on the ground, so it’s good to have Richard Egarr teaming up with Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya in a duo ...
There’s a telling photo of Maxim Emelyanychev on page 11 of Linn's booklet, the conductor beaming at the camera, the body language suggesting he's having a hard time actually sitting still. This ...
Two new piano recordings, by Duo Pleyel and Shai Wosner, provide complementary consolation on period and modern instruments “There’s no love song finer/ But how strange the change/ From major to minor ...