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Dina Ugorskaja writes: "J. S. Bach's Inventions - unfortunately still regarded as mere exercises - have fascinated me since my childhood thanks to their incredibly refined wealth of ideas,...

Claude Debussy is often labeled as a musical Impressionist. It is misleading to do so, however, since Debussy was not truly associated with the visual artists who belonged to that current. Instead,...

Claude Debussy left a profound mark on music history when he dissolved functional harmony under the influence of the music of the Far East. Toru Takemitsu had to distance himself from his own culture...

In this new album, Cathy Krier takes an original step and goes entirely against the grain of her previous programmatic approach. In her two most recent albums she had juxtaposed the apparently...

Debussy / Krier Images / Masques CD1. Debussy: Images Book I L. 110 (1904/05) - I. Reflets Dans L'eau 2. Debussy: Images Book I L. 110 (1904/05) - II. Hommage ? Rameau 3. Debussy: Images Book I L...

Playing string quartet is a matter of the heart for all four members of the Noga Quartet. Avishai Chameides dreamed of playing viola in a string quartet ever since he was a child, but only after his...

Franz Xaver Ohnesorg writes of this new release "Vive la France! - That is the motto which stood as an emblem for the Ruhr Piano Festival in 2018, it's Anniversary Year. Commemorating the end of the...

The woodwind quintet is probably the only instrumental combination in chamber music that can claim to have been invented twice. The colorful combination of flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon...

Duo Gurfinkel writes of this new release: "The idea to record our debut [release] emerged when we met Maestro Evan Christ in Ingolstadt, where we performed two concerts together. We were also honored...

Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85: Dvorak's most extended cycle of lyric character pieces for piano. The great Czech composer is hardly known for his piano works, in which he invariably seems to stand...

The members of Trio Im?ge stumbled upon this score by chance and were thrilled to incorporate it into their repertoire: "This early work of a mostly forgotten composer nevertheless features a series...

In 1876, Dvorak jotted down the Trio in G Minor, op. 26 in a mere 16 days. By that time, some of his masterpieces, including the Moravian Duets and the Stabat Mater, were starting to gain wider...