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Azica Records

Listening During Covid, Part 8: A Remarkable Black British Composer, an American Master, and an Award-Winning Salieri Premiere

CD recordings keep bringing us unexpected treasures, including chamber works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Samuel Adler, and the (by turns) exquisite and powerful opera Armida by Mozart’s contemporary — who was not his murderer — Antonio Salieri.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Antonio Salieri, Aparte, Armida, Azica Records, Fire Locked Up in My Bones, Ralph P. Locke, Samuel Adler, Samuel-Coleridge-Taylor, Toccata Classics

Classical CD Review: The Chiara String Quartet Plays “Bartók by Heart” (Azica Records)

The Chiara Quartet has recorded a series of gritty, compelling takes on Bartók’s seminal group of quartets.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Azica Records, Bartok By Heart, Bartok String Quartets, The Chiara String Quartet

Classical Music CD Review: Attacca Quartet’s Adventurous “Fellow Traveler” (Azica Records)

This album manages to impressively realize the depth and versatility of John Adams’s music for string quartet. It also announces the arrival of a phenomenal ensemble that plays with a mix of maturity, adventure, and musical insight: this is a group to follow closely and cheer.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Amy Schroeder, Andrew Yee, Attacca Quartet, Azica Records, Fellow Traveler, John Adams, Keiko Tokunaga, Luke Fleming

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