Simon Wynberg and the Chandos imprint have done it again. This time with Frederic Block: Chamber Works. But there is...
By now, thanks in large part to the radio play a certain British musical family is getting, the Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 19 by...
There can be no doubt that Joe Brent – expectantly – threw down the immense gauntlet to the three co-conspirators that together [with him] make up...
How do you characterise a recording that is glorious in aspects both musical and non-musical? You could begin almost anywhere. However, how about with the extraordinary...
With every disc they release there always seems to be something new to admire about the Euclid Quartet – South Bend, Indiana’s celebrated string ensemble. There’s...
With Beethoven – as with other composers – chamber music was, by definition, an intimate and personal means of musical expression. As a result, much of...
There is something about listening to the music of Jarak Qaribak by Dudu Tassa and Jonny Greenwood against the backdrop of a monumentally destructive war in...
Long before even listening to the eloquent music on this recording, Duos – Alone by Tri Nguyen, when you are reading the heartfelt – and historically...
I have had the pleasure of experiencing Plena Libre in live concerts three times. First, in Toronto at Harbourfront Centre, during one of their summer music...
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...
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...
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...
