Long before even listening to the eloquent music on this recording, Duos – Alone by Tri Nguyen, when you are reading the heartfelt – and historically...
There is no doubt that being separated from the cultural topography of her soul only intensifies the sense of longing for her beloved Portugal. This seems...
There is something about the alchemy of Brasilian [the correct spelling of the nationality, by the way] character that dwells in an atmosphere of saudade [longing]...
This is a truly stunning disc by the Moroccan singer Malika Zarra. While it does not always focus on the complex liturgy – the lila or...
The sound of the BIG “little” ensemble Snarky Puppy is dramatic and discrete from anything that you are likely to hear. And once more they have...
There has been no dearth of repertory recordings over the years featuring the works of the iconic Brasilian composer from Bahia, Dorival Caymmi, scion of the...
Not long ago – despite the advent of the Renaissance of African American composers of music in the classical realm – the only two ‘new’ composers...
First there was life; then death and then life again. Perhaps that’s because human have a natural tendency to aspire to what is beyond the bright...
There has been a plethora of re-issued recordings in the past few years, but none quite like this on – Natureza by Joyce Moreno with Mauricio...
The brilliant young guitarist Plínio Fernandes proves once again [although he probably did not set out to do so] that well before Johann Sebastian Bach –...
Mozart Sonatas K.282, K.283, K.310, K.331, K332, K545 & K576 If classical radio stations [in Toronto, at any rate] are “to be believed” there would appear...
This is a spectacularly original album Jaku Mumor – an ethnomusicologist’s delight – is a mystical album of music with repertoire that comes from the deepest...
If a record label – or imprint – were to be considered an “unfillable” library in the sense that the great Argentinean writer Jorge Luis Borges...
A string gently caressed, somewhere between pizzicato and a curved legato seemingly played with soft flesh; a chord strummed on a set of strings, a pedal...
Ana-Marija Markovina: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy – Complete Works for Piano [Solo] Few composers – artistic geniuses at that – have had their entire careers disparaged, their...
John Cage The Complete Etudes Australes – Grete Sultan: pf Guru to some, charlatan to others, John Cage constantly challenged the very idea of music, using randomness as a...
Even with a first spin of this recording Legado one wonders who but Berta Rojas could have played this music that honours legendary women guitarists Ida...
Thanks to the existential – and mind-numbing – angst of the world’s worst health catastrophe in 100 years Music in the Barns has had to live...
The story of Music in the Barns is like a story worthy of the pen of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson better known as Lewis Carroll. “Why,” you...
Upper Canada Choristers Present the Fauré Requiem with Orchestra and Baritone Bradley ChristensenConcert opens with Mikola Lysenko’s Prayer for Ukraine The Upper Canada Choristers, Cantemos Latin...
