Chamber Music & Recitals

The winner of numerous prestigious prizes, including several Gramophone Awards, the vocal ensemble Vox Luminis, founded by Lionel Meunier in 2004, is now regarded as a benchmark in the interpretation of the great works of German Baroque music. It's...

The wings of fantasy, paired with a sense of tonal color, keen dramaturgy and a sense of style: All this distinguishes the new GENUIN release by flutist Anna Garzuly-Wahlgren, on which she has compiled Baroque solo works for her instrument. There are not...

The wind band offers considerable variety and color to composers, as demonstrated by these three disparate works. Jennifer Higdon's Soprano Saxophone Concerto brings to the instrument an unerring warmth and sizzling dexterity perfectly suited to it's...

The wild originality of Alkan was little appreciated during his lifetime (1813-88), nor during the century which followed, when he was largely lost from sight. But now Alkan is increasingly recognized as one of the most individual personalities in music...

The Wieslaw Przadka Quinteto Tango Nuevo is an ensemble created by the most outstanding Polish bandoneon player, fascinated by the music and the figure of Astor Piazzolla. Compositions of the Argentinian virtuoso combine elements of classical and...

The whole story takes place in the Miller's imagination, cut off from the thoughts and actions of those around him, with the singer becoming the protagonist of a quasi-operatic monodrama. Jamie W. Hall and Paul Plummer give us a deeply understanding...

The West Texas-based Harrington String Quartet, established in 1981, currently in-residence as string faculty at West Texas A&M University, and on the heels of their last release Northern Lights, their collaborative recording with the Phoenix Chorale...

The WESER-RENAISSANCE ensemble had two goals in mind in it's concert series "Breslau - A City in the Heart of Europe": the first was to offer musical enjoyment and the second was to remember an old cultural environment that had been forgotten for many...

The wedding in 1568 of Renate of Lorraine to Wilhelm V, heir to the throne of the Duke of Bavaria, was a sumptuous, 18-day spectacular designed to rival those of the Italian courts. Orlande de Lassus had been the court's maestro di cappella since 1556...

The way Richard Strauss spoke of his "beloved Dresdeners" rang of Bavarian humor blended with a subtle touch of mischievous irony and, first and foremost, a good dose of respect and appreciation. Home to the K?nigliche musikalische Kapelle ("Royal...

The Warsaw Philharmonic lives up to a program that expects much from it's sophisticated performance techniques, resulting in a great performance. Conductor Noriaki Kitamura writes: "The sound has a sense of transparency, and the detailed ensemble work is...

The 'warm voice' of the viola has long been associated with pioneering British performers such as Lionel Tertis, for whom Vaughan Williams wrote his tuneful and elegantly crafted 'Suite.' Tertis famously rejected the score of Walton's 'Viola Concerto,'...