Recordings Archive

Ludwig van Beethoven died in 1827 in Vienna. Dmitri Shostakovich died in 1975 in Moscow. As such, their deaths are separated by almost 150 years. The Armida Quartet members saw some sort of association between …

My post today deals with a new recording of György Kurtág’s Complete String Quartets. Specifically, we get to listen to the following: Kurtág: String Quartet, Op 1 Hommage a Mihaly Andras (12 Microludes for string …

The Escher Quartet continues their survey of Mendelssohn’s chamber music: Mendelssohn: String Quartets Nos. 5 & 6 Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 44 No. 3 String Quartet No. 6 in …

I want to tell you about Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64, as performed by the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vasily Petrenko: This amazing recording presents Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet, recorded here in its …

I am just beginning to get acquainted with the Neave Trio. From the tiny bit of research I have done, I read that their violinist Anna Williams studied at the Manhattan School of Music, which …