Gabriel Fauré (1845 – 1924): Requiem
Gabriel Fauré (1845 – 1924): Requiem, Cantique de Jean Racine, Messe Basse: The choir of King’s College, Cambridge – Stephen Cleobury Cond., Gerald Finley:...
Maria João Pires Plays Beethoven Concertos 3 & 4
This album of concerti 3 and 4 is a profound recording. It creates a palimpsest of Beethoven’s creative mindset during the last years when he had his sense of hearing and could perform his work. His earliest concerti were distinctly eighteenth works...
Rachel Therrien: Pensamiento
Editor's Pick · Album of the Month ·
For the wonderful Québécoise musician Rachel Therrien, stepping out of her comfort zone of her Jazz-inspired quintet,...
Eliades Ochoa & Alma Latina: Guajira +Mas Guajira
Those aficionados who come to this disc expecting it to be one in which the maestro Eliades Ochoa is the main attraction are likely...
Harvey Wainapel: Amigos Brasileiros – An Epic Voyage
If the reeds and woodwinds player Harvey Wainapel has not been made an honorary Brasilian already, then it is time that he is made...
Tom Giacabetti: Tender Heart – Songs of Tom Giacabetti and Melissa Gilstrap
There is something to be said about an artist who finds his calling late in life. The erudition that comes from such a state...
Galina Ustvolskaya (1919-2006): Three pieces – 1949 to 1964
Galina Ustvolskaya (1919-2006) – Sonata for violin and piano; Trio for clarinet, violin and piano; Duet for violin and piano: Patricia Kopatchinskaja: violin; Markus...
Projeto Arcomusical: Spinning in the Wheel
Elliot Cole - Roda – Movement I: Turning; Roda – Movement II: Dreaming; Roda – Movement III Spinning; Roda – Movement IV: Singing (2017);...
Idan Raichel: And If You Will Come To Me
Idan Raichel – once vilified for being on the wrong side of Israeli politics, is, nevertheless, a bona-fide international superstar. His last few recordings,...
The Garifuna Collective: Ayó
The uniqueness of the Garifuna Diaspora has resulted in their truly singular cultural anthropology. These are a people who descended from the Arawak and the Caribe peoples, who migrated to the Caribbean and coastal Central America hundreds of years ago...
Gabriel Palatchi Band: Caja Musical
"Caja Musical" is a veritable panoply of celebratory music. The entire recording is deeply rooted in the folkloric music principally of Argentina, but cuts a rather large swathe through surrounding countries. It is no surprise also that it pays homage...
Hassan Hakmoun: Unity
Gnawas abound in Morocco. In Jajouka, the Master Musicians led by Bechir Attar; in Essaouria and by grand design, the Gnawa elders have passed the torch onto Maleem Mahmoud Ghania. Elsewhere in Morocco the healing force of Gnawa chants...
Rubén Blades: Tangos
There is nothing, or possibly very little, by way of music and dance in Latin America—and that includes Argentina—that is not a result of...
Terell Stafford and Dick Oatts: Luck Be A Lady – A Tribute to Frank
However you may choose to regard this disc – as an extended extended-play or as a very short CD – the effect of listening...
Vahagni: Imagined Frequencies
Not a disc to consume at one sitting, I fancy. Each of the works, though well contrasted and distinctively individual in style, is a...
Antonio Adolfo Orquestra Atlântica: Encontros
At last the renowned Brasilian musician Antonio Adolfo, pianist and pedagogue has followed esteemed fellow-Brasilians Moacir Santos, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Hermeto Pascoal and Mario...
Grupo Falso Baiano Presents: Depois
Charming as it sounds, choro is actually the hardest and most complex Brasilian music to master, much less to compose. Remarkably, Grupo Falso Baiano...
Márcio Faraco: Cajueiro
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Taking the Brasilian out of Brasil is sometimes possible, but try taking the Brasil out of the Brasilian...
Ithamara Koorax: Something of a Miracle
Putting these two recordings by a chanteuse like the miraculous Brazilian Ithamara Koorax presents something of a risk and a reward. A risk, because...
Zucchero Presents New Album: Black Cat
Zucchero presents his November 2016 recording (released in the US in February 2017) entitled Black Cat. This is a mega project that features the...
