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Sphinx Competition Winner Randall Goosby Pairs Price and Bruch on New Album
This recording of the Bruch with the Philadelphia Orchestra and conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin packs an own emotional wallop
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Cellist Jeffrey Zeigler’s ‘Slow Beethoven’ Turns a 7-Minute Quartet into a 44-Minute ‘Time Warp’
The performance was recorded live, filtered through an abandoned 600,000-gallon water tank
Hanneke Cassel Shines with ‘Infinite Brightness’
Cassel has fused Scottish fiddle with the styles of Cape Breton Island, the Isle of Skye, and America’s Appalachia region
Rachel Podger Returns to the Music of C.P.E. Bach
Podger highlights the layers and development of the composer's musical style in these chamber works
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Violinist Stella Chen Produces ‘Interesting’ Sound on Stunning Debut Album ‘Stella X Schubert’
A sense of enthusiasm can be heard throughout Chen’s supremely confident debut with pianist Henry Kramer
Ligeti Quartet Taps the Nucleus of Anna Meredith’s Avant-Garde Universe
This recording includes the newly commissioned Meredith piece “Solstice In/Solstice Out” for string quartet and trumpet, as well as eight other works by her
Lincoln Trio Celebrates the Composers and Culture of the Windy City on ‘Trios from Contemporary Chicago ‘
On Trios from Contemporary Chicago, Lincoln Trio features some of Chicago’s greatest living composers, many of whom they have had strong working relationships with over the years.
Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers Looks to the Stars on New Album ‘Shining Night’
Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers’ latest album, Shining Night, includes a mix of classical, jazz, & pop, with guests pianist Fabio Bidini and classical guitarist Jason Vieaux.
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Taps Fiddler Ross Holmes on a New Album ‘Dirt Does Dylan’
Dirt Does Dylan is fiddler Ross Holmes’ recording debut with the reformulated Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
Fiddle-Guitar Duo Rakish Explores Wide Range of Influences on Debut Album
The fiddle-guitar duo Rakish draws inspiration from Celtic composition, classical chamber music, and a whole array of improvisational styles.
Ibragimova and Tiberghien’s Latest Project Illuminates Mendelssohn’s Early Violin Sonatas
The most recent project from Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien turns the spotlight on Felix Mendelssohn and his violin sonatas.
Fiddler Louis Michot’s ‘Tiny Island’ Transports Listeners to a Magical Night of Traditional Cajun and Haitian Music
Grammy-winning fiddler Louis Michot chose an unorthodox location and instrumentation for recording "Tiny Island" by Michot's Melody Makers.
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Violinist Randall Goosby’s Debut Album ‘Roots’ Reignites Interest in Forgotten Works
For inspiration on his debut album, violinist Randall Goosby turned to his ancestors while offering a nod to the future. The result is the impressive Roots (Decca).
Renaud Capuçon on Recording Elgar’s Lush Violin Concerto
London Symphony Orchestra music director Sir Simon Rattle has called Elgar’s Violin Concerto in B minor “a monster... a masterpiece.” Capuçon was up to the challenge.
With a Little Help From My Friends: Fiddler Mike Barnett Releases a Duo Album While He Recovers From a Medical Emergency
If there’s one thing a premier fiddler knows about, it’s the art of improvisation—also known as the ability to always expect the unexpected
To Beethoven With Love: Midori Records the Maestro’s Violin Concerto and a Pair of Romances for Violin and Orchestra
The violinist Midori marked the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth by recording his Violin Concerto in March 2020, just before lockdown began. Upon the album’s release in 2021, we caught up with Midori in New York City, where she had been quarantining with family members.
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A Fairytale Life: Jazz Violinist Tomoko Omura Once Again Taps Her Roots on ‘Branches Vol. 1’
By Greg Cahill | From the January-February 2021 issue of Strings magazine Downbeat magazine recently named jazz violinist Tomoko Omura one of its Rising Star Violinists for the fifth year in a row. Her new album, Branches Vol. 1 (Outside…
The Chamber-pop Duo Gracie & Rachel Return with a ‘Labor Of Love’
By Greg Cahill | From the November-December 2020 issue of Strings magazine “Hello Weakness, You Make Me Strong is, for us, about finding empowerment in the things that have previously held you back,” violinist and arranger Rachel Ruggles says of…
Violinist Midori on the Role of Bach in Her Life, and Teaching His Music to the Next Generation
By Laurence Vittes Midori Gotō, whom the world knows as simply Midori, holds magna cum laude bachelor’s and master’s degrees in psychology from New York University and the Jascha Heifetz Chair at the Thornton School of Music at the University…