Susan Merdinger and Friends
I connected with Ms. Merdinger via the magic on the Internet, and I had the pleasure to discover her music making with her own friends. On her new recording we get to hear a broad …
Composers Archive
New Hagen Quartet Recording
Any of my long-term readers know that the Hagen String Quartet is my favorite chamber music group. When they last appeared for a concert in Carmel, California, I met all of them personally. I also …
Buchbinder plays Beethoven, Vol. 2
On this new DVD, we get to listen to Rudolf Buchbinder perform the music of Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 3 Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. …
Oistrakh Plays Brahms
For many years now, I have loved the violin and piano sonatas by Johannes Brahms. I hear in them the way the composer experienced the Austrian country side, where Brahms vacationed every year. Rain or …
Simone Plays Bach…
For the past two days I have been listening to the artistry of pianist Simone Dinnerstein. And she’s been playing the Bach Goldberg Variations. Now you will say that there are a whole lot of …