The Chiara String Quartet

Commentary: Top Classical Recordings of 2016

I make no claims to have listened to everything released in 2016; here are my picks for the top classical recordings of the year.

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

Ollie Hallowell April 9, 2020 at 4:04 pm on Music Review: Bob Dylan’s “Murder Most Foul”Ollie Hallowell says: What an intelligently written review of Bob Dylan’s most recent enigma, typical of the writing in Bill...
Al G April 9, 2020 at 3:21 pm on WATCH CLOSELY: PBS’ “Jamestown” — Glossy Heritage TVThis show is wildly inaccurate. Everything from a misrepresentation of women in the period, all for the sake propping up...
Eric Bourgeois April 9, 2020 at 12:06 pm on Music Review: Bob Dylan’s “Murder Most Foul”Very well presented piece Matt. Thank you. I've googled your name and will read your other works.
Jeff Spurr April 8, 2020 at 6:23 pm on Music Review: Bob Dylan’s “Murder Most Foul”I have yet to hear this song. Regarding JFK's horrible assassination (I was 14 and remember it as yesterday), he...
Allen Michie April 8, 2020 at 6:00 pm on Arts Remembrance: The Three Funkiest Handclaps in Music History — An Appreciation of Bill WithersAgreed, there’s some kind of Brazilian sound to the syncopated hand claps. Withers sounds great on Grover Washington “Just the...