Every week we ask our staff to tell us about some of their favorite recordings.   This month is we are looking at music from the “classical era”, meaning from around the time of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven.  Here are some of our favorites, we hope you enjoy them as much as we do.Classical Era – Music for Piano:  Mozart and Beethoven were both excellent pianists, though they are by no means the only ones.  Here are some of our favorite piano pieces, some with orchestra or other instruments, and some pieces for solo piano.      Mozart Piano Concerto 21...

Every week we ask our staff to tell us about some of their favorite recordings. This month is we are looking at music from the “classical era”, meaning from around the time of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven. Here are some of our favorites, we hope you enjoy them as much as we do.   Classical Era – Orchestral Music:  My favorite classical orchestral pieces, music by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Boccherini and Johann Mayr.       Beethoven Symphonies 4 and 7 I couldn’t decide which Beethoven Symphony to recommend, so I chose one album with two of my favorites – No....

My favorite contemporary string quartets – music by Steve Reich, Jacques Hétu, Gloria Coates, Caroline Shaw and Florence Price     Steve Reich – Different Trains   Another instant favorite. On this album two major international forces at the leading edge of contemporary music - The Smith Quartet and American composer Steve Reich - come together for new recordings for three of his most inspiring works. Triple Quartet for three string quartets, Reich's personal dedication to the late Yehudi Menuhin, Duet, and the haunting Different Trains for string quartet and electronic tape.     Jacques Hétu – Second String Quartet...

Every week we ask our staff to tell us about some of their favorite recordings. Have you heard music by a living composer that you particularly like? Let us know and if there is a recording, we will add it to the list.

This week we have our favorite pieces by five living American composers – music by Jennifer Higdon, Michael Daugherty, Joan Tower, Mason Bates and Missy Mazzoli.

My favorite contemporary piano pieces, music by Philip Glass, George Walker, Frederic Rzewski, Lera Auerbach and Ann Southam

Every week we ask our staff to tell us about some of their favorite recordings. Have you heard music by a living composer that you particularly like? Let us know and if there is a recording, we will add it to the list.

 

This week we have our favorite contemporary orchestral pieces, music by Einojuhani Rautavaara, John Adams, Henryk Górecki, Margaret Brouwer, and Zibouklé Martinaityté