You can read about Hideko Udagawa in Fanfare 27:3 (along with a feature article) and 33:5, both times by Robert Maxham who generally finds her playing...
Ruggiero Ricci’s first recording of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto took place in Kingsway Hall, London, in early 1952, with John Culshaw as producer. Tully Potter’s notes relate...
Clarinetist Matthias Müller is a performer of no mean ability, with a warm though somewhat clinical sound that is consistently satisfactory from top to bottom. I...
This enterprising collection (the clunky title sums it up pretty well) couples one very famous recording with three pieces of real esoterica. The recordings all date...
Titled New Horizons 2 , this disc is the second in a series presenting contemporary scores live from the Concertgebouw on the orchestra’s house label. It...
One’s curiosity is immediately piqued by The Blood Orange . This piece for narrator and chamber orchestra (2006) tells the story of a family’s emigration from...
This collection of band repertoire staples benefits from performances that are never less than first-rate, captured in stunning sound. All were either originally composed for band...
