Composed of players from a variety of backgrounds and walks of life, this group meets weekly to rehearse, perform, and record warhorse symphonic repertoire.
Her music is deeply grounded in modal and microtonal traditions, yet it has a timeless quality.
There is no apparent theme to this collection of works; rather, the performers seem to have chosen some favorites that they thought would work well on viola and piano.
This album pairs a chamber work by Czech composer Antonín Dvořák with works by two African American composers and a Russian-born composer who scored American films
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His measured phrasing of Bach’s spun-out chord progressions keep the listener on the edge of their seat
The beguiling performance of the two violin sonatas is certain to bring these unfairly neglected works into a deserved place in the violin repertoire
Many of these powerful, emotionally wrought tracks revolve around what Kremer has called “the notion of Jewishness” and include laments and a pair of kaddishes
The rising star illuminates these timeless concertos with flawless technique and a depth of emotion that is all too rarely heard these days
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Liner notes to the album connect these pieces as works “composed under the shadows of troubled and traumatic political histories”
Hope, who also had collaborated with New Century during the 2017–18 season, feels right at home with the ensemble
Jaeger dazzles in his 'Three Songs,' a work that sets Gimbel’s poetry to music for mezzo soprano, viola, and piano.
This album marks the second collection from the legendary cellist’s garage jazz rock consortium Sentinel
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Each of the Danish’s eight-year Prism series is built around one of Beethoven’s late string quartets, connecting a Bach fugue with a Beethoven late work and a later master
The flowering of the relationship between Jan Vogler and his magnificent Strad in these flowing and powerful performances affirms Lalo’s vision
Comprised of Andrew Marlin of Watchhouse, Noam Pikelny and Chris Eldridge of Punch Brothers, bassist Greg Garrison of Leftover Salmon, and Billy Strings’ fiddler Alex Hargreaves, this bluegrass supergroup meets fan expectations with supple, intuitive playing
This album was recorded live in Eastern Lithuania just as bordering Ukraine bore the brunt of invasion
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On Big House, the Ruisi Quartet bridges time with a vibrant program spanning the centuries through the music of Joseph “Papa Joe” Haydn, Matthew Locke, and Oliver Leith.
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