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Listening During Covid, Part 9: Intriguing New Works and New-Sounding C. P. E. Bach

A varied buffet of fresh musical experiences from recent decades and from the mid-1700s.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Amanda Harberg, Gilbert Kalish, Gunther Schuller, Hyperion, Innova, James Freeman, Marc-Andre Hamelin, Paul Cohen, Ralph P. Locke, Ravello, Robert Freeman, Robert Sibbing, Soprano Summit

Classical Music CD Reviews: ROCO’s “Visions Take Flight,” Nordic Affect’s “He(a)r,” and “John Cage: Guitar.”

Visions Take Flight is one of those rarest of accomplishments: a contemporary music album that’s a sheer joy to listen to, from start to finish. And John Cage on guitar? Why not?

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Music, Review Tagged: Aaron Larget-Caplan, and John Cage: Guitar, He(a)r, Innova, Nordic Affect, River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, ROCO, Sono Luminus, Stone Records, Visions Take Flight

Classical Music CD Reviews: Seven Responses and Bel Canto

For terrific viola playing and some fresh repertoire by familiar names, look no further than Antoine Tamestit’s Bel Canto.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Antoine Tamestit, Bel Canto, Harmonia Mundi, Innova, Seven Responses, The Crossing

Classical CD Reviews: Kristian Bezuidenhout plays Mozart, Arabella Steinbacher’s “Fantasies,” Maya Beiser’s “TranceClassical”

New CDs from three outstanding musicians: pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout, violinist Arabella Steinbacher, and cellistMaya Beiser.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: "Fantasies", "Tranceclassical", Arabella Steinbacher, Harmonia Mundi, Innova, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Maya Beiser

Classical Album Reviews: Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no. 3 and Mass in C (SFS Media), Music for Harp (Innova)

Beethoven’s Mass in C is the highlight. Would that the San Francisco Symphony’s performance of the Third Concerto had more electricity.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Review Tagged: Emmanuel Ax, Innova, Michael Tilson Thomas, Music for Harp by Bay-Area Composers, San Francisco Symphony, SFS Media

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