Recordings Archive

Helene Grimaud plays Schumann and Strauss. Back in January 2015, I had the pleasure of speaking with Ms. Grimaud while she was completing a tour in Europe. I found her to be a totally delightful, …

Smetana: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2. Like the music of Antonin Dvorak, composer Bedřich Smetana succeeded in painting his native Czech countryside. And his two quartets show us this country in it full passion …

  Georg Solti: In rehearsals and performance As a young conductor, Hungarian-born Georg Solti was an assistant to Arturo Toscanini at the Salzburg Festival during the early 1930’s. His role was to prepare the singers, …

    Klenke Quartet Performs:   Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 12 in C minor (fragment), D703 ‘Quartettsatz‘ String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D804 ‘Rosamunde’ String Quartet No. 4 in C major, D46 …

    Janine Jansen plays Bach.   On this recording, we hear the following selections: Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV1042 Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV1041 Concerto for Oboe, Violin …