Founded in 1976, the Dutch ensemble that calls itself the Schoenberg Quartet celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2006. Its permanent members are Janneke van der Meer...
Willem Pijper (1894-1947) was Holland’s most influential composer between the First and Second World Wars. Wildly avant-garde for his era—in a most conservative musical society—he and...
The curiously named Wes10 (pronounced “wes-ten”) Brass is a 10-member ensemble based in Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia area, but makes its recording debut with an English program...
Dusan Bogdanovic’s Sevdalinka , with its Bartókian/Eastern European melodies, modal harmony, and Balkan/African polymetric rhythms, is a colorful introduction to this eclectic recital by the Newman/Oltman...
This is a stylish concept album. All the pieces are inspired by specific paintings. Starry Night (1984), by Matthew Harris (b. 1956), provides the album’s title,...
The idea behind this collection is not unique, but it is assuredly unusual and certainly one with a product that should pique the interest of classical...
Donna Fairbanks, violin, and Lysa Rytting, harp, present a recital of music for violin and harp that encompasses several centuries and an even greater range of...
This release is musicologically frustrating. For the most part (excepting the Haydn pieces), the documentation of this repertoire is woefully inadequate. The sparse liner notes are...
