Oct 08 Featured Album Featured Album: Anne Akiko Meyers’ Serenade (Photo:VANESSA BRICEÑO-SCHERZER / CHRISTIE STOCKSTILL) Awarded Billboard’s 2014 top-selling classical instrumentalist, Anne Akiko Meyers‘ latest recording, Serenade: The Love Album, drastically contrasts with most of her other recordings. Serenade: The Love Album showcases not only her virtuosic violin playing, but her love of modern and cinematic music. Executive produced by Meyers herself, the album also […] By WUOL Oct 08 Featured Album Featured Album: Anne Akiko Meyers’ Serenade By WUOL
Aug 10 Featured Album Featured Album: Andreas Staier’s Bach Concertos With a collective half-century of performing, Andreas Staier and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra release their sixth recording project with Bach’s harpsichord concertos. Available from Harmonia Mundi on August 13, 2015, we’ll feature this new album all week on Classical 90.5. By Daniel Gilliam Aug 10 Featured Album Featured Album: Andreas Staier’s Bach Concertos By Daniel Gilliam
Jul 31 Featured Album Featured Album: Pianist Eric Huebner Before being named pianist of the New York Philharmonic in 2012, Eric Huebner maintained a busy career playing and recording new music. Just take a look at his discography here. His latest album skews a little older, with Robert Schumann’s Kreisleriana, inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann’s character Johannes Kreisler; and Stravinsky’s Three Movements from Petroushka, a […] By Daniel Gilliam Jul 31 Featured Album Featured Album: Pianist Eric Huebner By Daniel Gilliam
Jun 22 Featured Album Featured Album: Rachel Grimes’ The Clearing In her second full-length studio album, Rachel Grimes offers a contemplative soundscape of chamber music in The Clearing. The composer/pianist is joined by collaborators from Louisville, and from the Amsterdam Sinfoniette, cellist Helen Money and sound designer Scott Morgan (LOSCIL). Listen to some of the music below and watch a video from Grimes’ members-only performance […] By Daniel Gilliam Jun 22 Featured Album Featured Album: Rachel Grimes’ The Clearing By Daniel Gilliam
Jun 15 Featured Album Featured Album: Michael Tunnell’s nevolution Trumpeter Michael Tunnell left a legacy of recorded music from his 40-year career, before passing away last year. One of his last projects was recording a CD of music written for him and an instrument he championed, the Corno da caccia. “nevolution” features works written for him by his colleagues and friends, which Tunnell summarizes […] By Daniel Gilliam Jun 15 Featured Album Featured Album: Michael Tunnell’s nevolution By Daniel Gilliam
Mar 01 Featured Album Featured Album: Avi Avital’s Vivaldi Mandolinist Avi Avital embarks on a Venetian journey in his latest Deutsche Grammophon album, with the Venice Baroque Orchestra and guests artists Juan Diego Flórez, Mahan Esfahani, Ophira Zakai and Patrick Sepec. “Vivaldi” includes the landmark concertos for mandolin (RV 356, 93 & 425), the Trio Sonata, RV 82; and a new recording of the […] By Daniel Gilliam Mar 01 Featured Album Featured Album: Avi Avital’s Vivaldi By Daniel Gilliam
Jan 25 Featured Album Featured Album & Giveaway: Rachel Barton Pine’s Mozart For her latest album, Rachel Barton Pine worked with legendary conductor Sir Neville Marriner (a “hero” to her) and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields recording all of Mozart’s violin concertos and the Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364. While putting together this double-disc set of concertos was a huge undertaking, even more surprising is […] By Daniel Gilliam Jan 25 Featured Album Featured Album & Giveaway: Rachel Barton Pine’s Mozart By Daniel Gilliam