Monthly Archive:: April 2010

Mozart: The Requiem! Principal singers: Sylvia McNair, Soprano; Carolyn Watkinson, Contralto; Francisco Araiza, Tenor; and Robert Lloyd, Bass. Conducted by Sir Neville Marriner This CD was released 4/5/1991, so it is 19 years ago… and …

Mahler’s Tenth!  This is a very interesting CD, with a performing group that I did not know, the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, a German Youth Orchestra, conducted by Rudolph Barshai. These young players achieve a level …

The setting was Sunday afternoon, April 25th, 2010 in Saratoga, California at the lovely Villa Montalvo estate, where the Cypress String quartet, with special guest Cellist Amos Yang, performed the String Quintet in C-Major, D. …

Aaron Copland! Several of my favorite Copland compositions are on this CD: The Clarinet Concerto, with David Shifrin Music for the Theater (1925) Quiet City Dance Panels Gerard Schwarz conducts the New York Chamber Symphony …

Lubimov plays Schubert When I first began listening to Alexei Lubimov, it was clear to me that here we have a major pianist. His playing seemed to be assertive and virtuosic, and I immediately listened …