Crimson Roses: Contemporary American Choral Music Naxos Music CD Musica Viva Choir and Orchestra, Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, conductor Erin Sensenig, soprano Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano After a lengthy and illustrious career,…
92nd Street Y Thursday, December 2024 Photos courtesy of Joseph Sinnott NEW YORK – When devising a recital program, pianist Jeremy Denk always provides thematic interest to abet the musical…
Kenneth Hesketh Hände – Music for Piano Clare Hammond, Paladino Music Composer Kenneth Hesketh has written several works for piano, and Clare Hammond has for years been their most dedicated…
Two Early Music Ensembles Visit New York Iestyn Davies, countertenor, Fretwork, viols, and Silas Wollston, organ and virginal, Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall, December 3rd, 2024 The Tallis Scholars, presented by…
Jason Anick and Jason Yeager – Sanctuary (Sunnyside) Violinist Jason Anick and pianist Jason Yeager last recorded together in 2017, and their album Unite revealed a simpatico pairing. Just as…
Ethan Iverson – Technically Acceptable (Blue Note CD, 2024) Ethan Iverson – Playfair Sonatas (Urlicht Audiovisual 2xCD, 2024) Ethan Iverson is one of the foremost jazz pianists of his generation.…
Bach: The 6 Partitas Francesco Tristano, piano Naïve 2XCD In his 2024 recording for Naïve, pianist Francesco Tristano interprets some of Johann Sebastian Bach’s most challenging pieces, the six Partitas…
James Romig The Fragility of Time A Wave Press Matt Sargent, Guitar Composer James Romig’s previous piece for electric guitar, The Complexity of Distance, written for Mike Scheidt, was an…
Franz Schubert – Winterreise André Schuen, baritone and Daniel Heide, piano Deutsche Grammophon Winterreise is the third recording of Schubert’s cycles/song sets (Schwanengesang isn’t a cycle – it has multiple…
Danish String Quartet Keel Road ECM Records ECM 2785 Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, Violin, Clog Fiddle, Harmonium, Spinet, Voice, Whistle; Frederik Øland, Violin, Voice, Whistle; Asbjørn Nørgaard, Viola, Voice, Whistle; Fredrik…
