Kenia Presents: On We Go
At its best Brasilian music is one of the most invigorating forms of music on the planet. And while most people know that, not...
Corina Bartra: Takunde
It is impossible to over-estimate the importance of the great Peruvian musician and vocalist, Corina Bartra. But many aficionados of South American culture would...
Banda Magda Presents: Tigre
Of all the vocal-driven ensembles in the world of contemporary music there is none as compelling or beckoning as Banda Magda. In the music...
Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II
It is one thing for a culture to survive torment, repression, and genocide as the European Jews did throughout history – especially during and...
Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828) – Late Piano Sonatas
Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828) - Late Piano Sonatas D 784, 958, 959 and 960– Paul Lewis: pianoforte
Schubert’s last three piano sonatas–958 (no. 19),...
Guai: Dama de Paus
It is hard not to gush on about Guai (formerly known as Karol Guaitolini) and her stunning debut album Dama de Paus. It is...
André Mehmari e Mário Laginha: Ao Vivo no Auditório Ibirapuera
André Mehmari represents a new generation of musicians and pianists, who, like Benjamin Taubkin and Clarice Assad, is causing a sensation all over Brasil...
Anat Cohen Tentet: Happy Song
This recording by the Anat Cohen Tentet shows the clarinetist and her ensemble traversing the widest musical topography she has in a very long...
María Cangiano: Corazón de Mujer
María Cangiano is an amazingly talented folk singer from Argentina. Actually she is unclassifiable although her heart is in the folkloric tradition of that country. The reason she does not fit that mould completely is that Ms. Cangiano has a magnificent...
New Caracas: Nos
That music this beautiful and life-affirming can arise from the death-defying Venezuelan consciousness of principal songwriter Luis D’Elias and this group New Caracas comprising...
Benji Kaplan: Uai Sô
The glorious albeit devilishly complex writing and the spirited and eloquently ornamented playing by Benji Kaplan and the wonderful members of the ensemble on...
Bianca Gismonti Trio: Desvelando Mares
Perhaps the greatest gift a father as famous as Egberto Gismonti could have bestowed upon his children would be a questing one; that boundless...
