Library Essentials 4: 3 For The Last Days Of Christmas
Halfway through what in some circles is called the Holy Nights, in others the Twelve Days of Christmas (ending on Twelfth Night, the eve of
Library Essentials 3: Three More (Timeless) Christmas Stars
They may be from the distant past, but these three Christmas recordings hold up as well or better than most anything in the catalog. The
Library Essentials 2: Two Timeless English Christmas Recordings
In the first couple of decades following the advent of the CD in the mid-1980s, new recordings of Christmas music would flood the market each
Library Essentials: Five Discs From Christmases Past
Before we focus attention on some of the newer Christmas releases–beginning later this week–we thought it would be useful to look back at a stocking-full
Rough Ideas And The Little Bach Book
Rough Ideas–Reflections On Music And More; Stephen Hough (Farar, Straus and Giroux; 2020) The Little Bach Book; David Gordon (Lucky Valley Press; 2017) However one
Classical Gourmet: Essential Kitchen Companions
When we’re not listening to or writing about recordings–or, actually, sometimes when we are–Dave Hurwitz and I can usually be found in the kitchen, cooking,
Six Christmas CDs That Always Make The List, Pt. 1
Over the past 20-plus years I have accumulated hundreds of Christmas CDs–featuring choirs, orchestras, brass ensembles, guitar, harp, string quartet, piano, organ, etc., etc.–and I
Six Christmas CDs That Always Make The List, Pt. 2
Since publishing last year’s “Six Christmas CDs That Always Make the List”, a few more titles either newly released or left out of the original
New York Philharmonic and Music Director Alan Gilbert to Present New CD on Dacapo Records
May 2, 2013—A significant new recording by the New York Philharmonic and its Music Director Alan Gilbert will be released by the Danish recording label
Colin Davis, 1927-2013
Music lovers all over the world will join in sadness at the news of the death of conductor Colin Davis. Sir Colin passed away on