Singer Bernarda Fink
Dvorak’s Lieder. Dvorák wrote no fewer than 93 songs for solo voice and piano. In his songs he carried on the tradition of Schubert and Schumann, but with a Czech folk flavor. This is …
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Escher String Quartet
Mendelssohn: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 4. The Escher Quartet has launched a three-disc cycle of Mendelssohn’s string quartets, including the unnumbered String Quartet in E flat major and – on coming installments – …
Arabella’s Concertos.
Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos. Along with the Brahms violin concerto that is not recorded here, this CD features the two greatest concertos ever written for the violin. This recording of Tchaikovsky/Mendelssohn violin concertos …
Christiane Karg.
Christiane Karg’s new recording: “Scene!” Christiane Karg is one of my favorite sopranos, not only because of her voice. Beyond that, she is able to bring a huge emotional quality to her performances, and …
Paganini’s Violin.
Nicolo Paganini. Many musicologists consider Paganini to be the greatest violinist the world has ever known. He essentially created techniques for the violin that were unheard of before him, and to this day, his …