Performed by Quartuor Mosaiques. Like so many music lovers, I, too, respond to performances that are astounding. The music of Joseph Haydn is sublime. And his chamber music served as a learning experience for …
Violist Tabea Zimmermann: I listened this morning to violist Tabea Zimmermann, who has chosen for this CD a collection of romantic miniatures for the viola, including several forgotten works by popular composers of the …
Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1, 8 and 14. The original Borodin Quartet was founded in 1945 in the Soviet Union and this release marks the Quartet’s 70th anniversary. They enjoyed a close relationship with …
Georg Friedrich Handel: Complete Oboe Concertos and Sonatas. On this CD, Sarah Francis performs Handel’s complete oboe concertos and sonatas with the London Harpsichord Ensemble. These interpretations are perhaps the finest on modern instruments, …
Max Reger and Richard Strauss: The Romantic Piano Concertos. I listened again this morning to the “Burleske”, a composition by Richard Strauss for piano and orchestra. Perhaps it is the amazing difficulty of …