Recordings Archive

  Rachmaninov: Symphony # 1 Performed by Vasily Petrenko, leading the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. The music of Sergei Rachmaninov always impresses me with the composer’s amazing melodies. He develops these with great innovation, changes …

  Alban Berg: Lyric Suite and Arnold Schoenberg: Transfigured Night This CD presents the first recording of an arrangement for string ensemble of movements I, V and VI of the Lyric Suite by Alban Berg. …

  Bach Sonatas. While the solo sonatas for violin alone are one of the most well-known compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach, his works for violin and piano are also amazingly beautiful and frequently very moving. …

  Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Volume 3 The most popular of Beethoven’s piano sonatas have titles, and this third installment of Jonathan Biss’ complete sonata cycle features two of these sonatas, the “Pastorale” and “Waldstein.” Volume …

Six years ago, while I was overdosing on music during a trip to New York City, I attended a concert by violist Antoine Tamestit. He’s had an additional six years of experience, and as with …