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.
Azica Records
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.
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.