Yearly Archive: 2018
Anima Sacra — Baroque Sacred Arias, featuring Jakub Józef Orlinski—Erato
A dramatic presentation of unknown religious arias that carry the operatic traditions of high baroque opera.
Steven Isserlis Plays Chopin, Schubert, Franchomme – Steven Isserlis, cello/ Denes Varjon, piano – Hyperion
A combination of scholarly authenticity and persuasive passions, this Isserlis recital of Chopin and Schubert testifies to a labor of love.
Bill Frisell/Thomas Morgan – Small Town – ECM Records
Legendary guitarist and double bassist shine on double vinyl live performance.
John Harbison: Requiem – Nashville Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Giancarlo Guerrero – Naxos
A modern Requiem that excites and stimulates
The Music Treasury for 25 November 2018 — Pianist Marcelle Meyer
Marcelle Meyer, presented on The Music Treasury, the distinguished pianist from the 1900s
Rocky Mountain Audio Festival, Part 1
The first look back at this year’s Rocky Mountain Audio Fest… Von Schwekiert’s latest Ultra 9 Speaker!
LISZT: New Discoveries, Vol. 4 – Leslie Howard, piano – Hyperion
In their debut recording, this series of unfamiliar Liszt thoughts and imaginative fragments will long fascinate the Liszt connoisseur.
Mark John McEnroe: My Symphonic Poems – The Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra/Anthony Armore – Navona
Evocative and often gripping music from Austrailia
Johann Sebastian BACH. Sonatas and partitas—Gottfried von der Goltz, violin—Aparte
“A reference standard on baroque violin, sublimely balanced; free of gimmicks and histrionics.”
Cuong Vu 4Tet – Change in the Air – RareNoise
Changes: environmental, social, political and musical.
Brass Roots: Music for Percussion, Harp, and Piano – The Los Angeles Brass Quintet and Percussion Ensemble – Crystal Records
A stand out disc of brass and percussion
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: A Sea Symphony – BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Martyn Brabbins – Hyperion
Martyn Brabbins and his selected principals delivers a powerfully mounted Sea Symphony by Vaughan Williams.
Brailowsky: The Complete Polydor Recordings Vol. 1 – Alexander Brailowsky, piano – Pristine Audio
Mark Obert-Thorn restores in his first volume of Brailowsky Chopin a series of fluent and dramatic performances by a true acolyte of the composer.
Henry Kaiser – Mudang Rock – Fractal
What is Mudang Rock? The new fusion and much more.
Monk’s Dreams: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk – Sunnyside Records
This quartet has recorded the gold standard of Thelonious Monk’s music
The Music Treasury for 18 November 2018 – Dmitry Paperno, Pianist
The Music Treasury airs from 19:00 to 21:00 PST, from the Stanford University at KZSU, and streams on the ‘Net at kzsu.stanford.edu. This week, the host Gary Lemco will feature pianist Dmitry Paperno, the Russian pianist of last century. Notes from a Moscow Pianist: Dmitry Paperno Pianist, teacher and writer, Kiev-born Dmitry Paperno (b.1929) received his musical training at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, earning a Master’s Degree with Honors in 1951 and an Aspirant Diploma in 1955. A prize winner in the Fifth International Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 1955, and the First International Enescu Competition in Bucharest in 1958, Paperno proceeded to concertize throughout Russia and Eastern Europe as well as in England, Cuba, and Belgium – as soloist with the USSR State Orchestra at EXPO in Brussels, 1958. He recorded for Melodiya, the record label for the Soviet Union. In 1967, Paperono began teaching at the Gnessin Moscow State Institute. He emigrated to the United States in 1976, and began to tour extensively. He took a Professorship at Chicago’s DePaul University in 1977, and served on the jury panel for several international competitions. He gave master classes in Belgium, Finland, Portugal, and the United States, including classes at […]
Jakob BRO: Bay of Rainbows – ECM
Live concert and second ECM offering by minimalistic and ethereal guitar led trio.
STRAVINSKY: Petrushka: 1911 Original Version; Jeu de Cartes – Mariinsky Orchestra/ Valery Gergiev – Mariinsky SACD
Classic Stravinsky ballets performed in classic style from Gergiev archives with his responsive Mariinsky ensemble.
Franz SCHUBERT: Die Nacht – Anja Lechner, Pablo Marquez – ECM
A tranquil Schubertiad featuring lieder and nocturnes arranged for cello and guitar.
STRAVINSKY: The Firebird; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Le Coq d’or – Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/ Vasily Petrenko – Onyx
The fertile Russian imagination has a full arsenal of effects at its disposal in two classic scores led by Vasily Petrenko.
Eric Dolphy – Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions – Resonance Records
Fans of Eric Dolphy, rejoice…
Jon Batiste – Hollywood Africans – Verve Records
A multifaceted musician at home in many genres .



