 | Bach - The Complete Brandenburg Concertos / Pearlman, Boston Baroque [Read More ...]
Description: Boston Baroque and Martin Pearlman recorded a splendid set of the Brandenburg Concertos on period instruments in 1993 and 1994. Made entirely in the US, these snappy, crisply articulated, and fluent performances rely heavily on the talents of violinist Daniel Stepner (who doubles... |
 | Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, Part 2 [Read More ...]
Review: Worth the Wait:Founded by Martin Pearlman in 1973, Boston Baroque is the first permanent Baroque orchestra in the U.S. It is also the resident ensemble for Boston University's Historical Performance Program. Boston Baroque's first Telarc recording, issued in 1992, included the ... |
 | Leo Ornstein: Piano Quintet: String Quartet No. 3 [Read More ...]
Review: Amazing, powerful, dramatic, beautiful piano quintet!:I agree with all the other reviewers...while the string quartet is strangely beautiful and even haunting in parts, the piano quintet on this disc is huge, passionate, brimming over with such intensity and such wonderful displa... |
 | Introducing World of American Jewish Music [Milken Archive of American Jewish Music] [Read More ...]
The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music is a vast recorded panorama of the rich body of Jewish music, both sacred and secular, that has developed over the course of American history. This recording features nineteen tracks representing the broad scope of the Archive recordings. |
 | Wyner - The Mirror / Passover Offering / Tants un Maysele (Milken Archive of American Jewish Music) [Read More ...]
Description: The Mirror, a play by Isaac Bashevis Singer, explores the interior life of a Jewish woman living in a small eastern European town. The surrealistic plot mixes themes of sexual repression and fantasy, presided over by a demon who haunts the woman’s mirror. Yehudi Wyner, one of A... |
 | Allen Anderson: Drawn From Life/String Quartet/Solfeggietti [Read More ...]
Review: Excellent Representation / Interpretation of Allen Anderson's work:Aleck Karis does a wonderful job of interpretation on the two pieces (Solfeggietti & Drawn From Life) he performes on (piano). The string quartet performance is superb as well _ Judith Eissenberg, Rhonda Rider, Ly... |
 | Bach: Duo & Trio Sonatas [Read More ...]
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 | Peter Child: Estrella, String Quartet No. 2 [Read More ...]
Description: In both his large statements and in his more intimate works, Peter Child’s allegiance is to his subject matter, and he seeks not to impress but to involve his listener. Early in listening to his music for the first time, a sense of trust takes shape—so crucial to joining a co... |
 | The Uncovered Ruggles [Read More ...]
Description: “Creation is soul-searching. Nothing is ever finished.” —Carl Ruggles Carl Ruggles (1876–1971) was a maverick American composer of short works that project a sense of infiniteness. His musical vision was majestic. However, like rare precious stones, his inimitable wor... |
 | Charles Ives: The String Quartets [Read More ...]
Best Ives quartets, ever:I think this is the best recording of the Ives quartets, Emerson Qt. notwithstanding. |
![]() | Nancy Armstrong: What Magic Has Victorious Love [Read More ...]
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 | On This Most Voluptuous Night [Read More ...]
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 | Marin Marais: La Gamme et autres morceaux de symphonie [Read More ...]
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![]() | Buxtehude: Trio Sonatas (Op 1) /Boston Museum Trio [Read More ...]
Review: Spontaneous and magnificent:Buxtehude is perhaps best known (alas) as the man who JS Bach walked 200 miles to see. As the story goes, the younger composer stayed a number of months longer than he expected to, perhaps because he was so astounded by Buxtehude's prodigious musical g... |
 | Yehudi Wyner [Read More ...]
Description: Writing about Yehudi Wyner in the liner notes of this CD, Martin Brody asks, "what other composer is so hospitable to the rudiments of music, and yet is so intensely steeped in the mercurial substance of Modernism, so restlessly stimulated at every musical moment?" Yehudi Wyner... |
 | Harold Shapero - Chamber Music [Read More ...]
Description: The revival of Harold Shapero’s Symphony for Classical Orchestra by André Previn and the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1988 spearheaded a renewed interest in his long-neglected major works. Nevertheless, Shapero’s (b. 1920) vastly underrated portfolio today remains the great u... |
 | Schubert: Octet Music from Aston Magna [Read More ...]
Review: Despite some flaws, a good version on period instruments - but there are better ones:Other than an early recording by the grand-pop' of all chamber ensembles performing on period instruments, the Collegium Aureum, on Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (late 70s), Schubert's Octet had remain... |
![]() | Starlight and Sweet Dreams [Read More ...]
Simply Wonderful!:This is a great CD to introduce someone to Porter's and Gershwin's music but also make people listen to classical standards with a different ear! Armstrong and Honeysucker rock! |
 | Monteverdi: L'Orfeo [Read More ...]
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 | Irving Fine: Notturno; Partita; String Quartet; The Hour-Glass [Read More ...]
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