The 1880 sonata by Gustav Schreck (1849–1918) is the only work here that was originally composed for the bassoon. (Schreck, a Leipzig Conservatory theory professor, was...
Because my colleague Charles Timbrell’s evaluation of this performance almost perfectly matches my own—except that I think he undervalues Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Terry Everson, a professor at Boston University, is a longtime freelance trumpet player, who over a career spanning almost a quarter century has garnered several prestigious...
The Marianiello-Reas duo has recorded a CD subtitled “lyric music for flute and organ.” Compared to many such releases (and there are many!) this is an...
These sisters—twins—seem identical in talent as well. They live in Switzerland at the southern end of the Alps, and here they look to Italy, Spain, and...
These four pieces are the prizewinners of the first Bassoon Chamber Music Composition Competition, founded by the enterprising Paula Brusky, who plays the pieces on this...
In the 1970s, Ruggiero Ricci issued in his LP Bravura a collection of the kind that Ingolf Turban has now attempted in expanded format—temporally if not...
As any “mad man” will tell you, with so many saxophonists of real stature out there trying to grab the attention of the classical saxophone aficionados,...
It is not likely that audiences, not to mention the classical music industry, will soon tire of youthful piano virtuosos, with their giddy exuberance and razzle-dazzle...
