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May 22, 2007
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This set is one of the most interesting contributions to the "Mozart year".
It presents the "6 sonates pour forté piano avec accompagnement d'un violon" K 301-306 pubished as opus 1, with Marieke Spaans on an anonymous tangent piano from 1789 and Anton Steck on a Jacobus Stainer violin from 1658. ... more |
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May 8, 2007
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The two works presented here are by a genuine musical genius of but 25 years of age.
The history of "Apollo & Dafne" is rather complicated, and conductor Jed Wentz has researched thoroughly before assembling his own version of the score. It could be seen as a serenata or miniature opera, so it ... more |
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April 23, 2007
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Sonny Clark's piano trio recordings easily fit on three discs, two are on Blue Note and this one here was made for Time Records. The main difference is that Clark plays his own tunes exclusively on the Time session, and all standard material on the Blue Note trio sessions. This may seem surprising ... more |
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March 31, 2007
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This SACD can be listened to as a sounding carte de visite of harpsichordist Anne Galowich from Luxembourg. A solo suite of a Bach son, followed by an early 2oth century piece with strings and a Bach père concert for two harpsichords - a mixed bag, but the content is more than tasty.
The program ... more |
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March 7, 2007
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This sounds like a soundtrack to a movie - it is ironic that the acutal Black Dahlia movie about the life of Elizabeth Short, has music by Mark Isham. Bob Belden's music is inspired by the life of the tragic woman murdered at the age of barely 23 years. It could be called a jazz opera without words. ... more |
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