Rattle’s Russians!!!
Berlin Philharmonic/Simon Rattle: • Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition • Borodin – Symphony No. 2 When I was a boy of 14, my family spent one year living in Vienna, Austria. And I’ll always …
Recordings Archive
Tia Carrere!
Hawaiian/Classical! The new CD by singer/actress Tia Carrere is sure to get some top notch attention! And… it was just nominated for a Grammy Award! Why, you ask? For me, there’s the immediate attention getter …
Young Mendelssohn!
The Mendelssohn concerto in E-Minor for violin and orchestra is known as a “Warhorse”, because even young violin students ultimately struggle to capture its beauty and its technical challenges. While these challenges do not equal …
Darius Milhaud!
Darius Milhaud! I am the host of a 150 – minute classical music show at an NPR radio station. The content of what I share with listeners is primarily music by 20th century composers. As …
Fray’s Mozart!
David Fray, pianist I previously reviewed a performance by David Fray on August 4, 2010 in this Blog, regarding his playing of Schubert. At that time the press reviews were: “No Schubert-lover should miss this …