Beethoven: Piano Sonatas op.10 1-3
Pianist Paul Lewis has recorded the entire piano sonatas by Beethoven on Harmonia Mundi, the 8th CD in the complete 10-CD set features op. 10 …
15 Jul
Cantatas, volume 44
Cantatas, volume 44
Bach Collegium Japan records BWV 43, 88, 146 on BIS in volume 44 of Johann Sebastian Bach’s cantatas. BWV 146 opens the recording, with a “sinfonia” …
10 Jul
Reflections – Canada 2011
Reflections – Canada 2011
I visited three cities during this past week’s travels to Canada. First, we flew into Burlington, VT, which I think is a nice little town. …
18 Jun
Pandolfi opera quarta
Pandolfi opera quarta
Ars Antiqua Austria records the sonatas for violin and continuo by Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi-Mealli on Arcana (p) 2011. The violinist Gunar Letzbor leads on violin against …
10 Jun
Cantatas & Arias – Bostridge
Cantatas & Arias – Bostridge
Ian Bostridge and Europa Galante Record Works by J. S. Bach This recording is an interesting recital of Bach; it seems the singer (a tenor) and …
08 Jun
John Picks a Favorite Brandenburg 6
John Picks a Favorite Brandenburg 6
This week I look at several recordings of Bach’s likely most under-rated Brandenburg, BWV 1051 in B-flat. The first movement has always bothered me, with …
04 Jun
Corelli’s Legacy
Corelli’s Legacy
For this review, I decided to go multimedia, and bring back the long-lost art of the biberfan podcast. Download my 20 minute review of Musica …
03 Jun
Dresden Sonatas
Dresden Sonatas
Sonaten aus Dresden by Musica Antiqua, Köln, (p) 2001 Challenge Classics In the new millennium, it seemed that MAK couldn’t find the support for all it …
01 Jun
The Four Seasons
The Four Seasons
(Nigel) Kennedy’s career, it might be argued, was really launched mainstream with the release of this version of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons around 1990. I had …
30 May
Favorite things
Favorite things
What has become one of my favorite meals is roast chicken, following a recipe by Thomas Keller, chef of several well-known restaurants, including Per Se …
30 May
Full Speed
Full Speed
This weekend via Netflix I watched A toute vitesse, a French movie with English subtitles released in 1998. It felt low-budget and was of questionable …
29 May
Il Giardino del piacere: Letzte Aufnahme
Il Giardino del piacere: Letzte Aufnahme
Available now from a WDR Cologne production on Berlin Classics (formerly Challenge?) is some chamber music from Johann Friedrich Meister, from his collection entitled Il …
24 May
It wasn’t always about music…
It wasn’t always about music…
My website hasn’t always been about music, although, since hosting it back in 1998, I have been a fan of Biber. Evidently, I followed a trend …
22 May
Jarrett: La Scala
Jarrett: La Scala
This album is (p) 1997 ECM. This review was last published in 2003. I remember seeing many copies of this CD for sale when it came …
22 May
L’ange et le diable
L’ange et le diable
The Rare Fruits Council performs works by Locatelli and Jean-Marie Leclair, (p) 2001 Astrée Naive Was Leclair an angel and Locatelli a devil? All is settled …
15 May
Maximizing your Time
Maximizing your Time
“What did you do this weekend?” a friend at work will ask. “Ah…” I’ll think, with flashbacks to sleeping-in on Saturday, on Sunday, and no big …
15 May
Francesco Maria Veracini Overtures
Francesco Maria Veracini Overtures
Francesco Maria Veracini was an Italian baroque composer most famous for his limp, gained after jumping out of a window. …
15 May
The Tourist
The Tourist
This came out around December of last year, I guess, and while on the surface I thought it would be good (a spy movie with …