Formed in Israel almost three decades ago and now based in the United States, the Ariel quartet has built a reputation for tackling challenging repertoire with bold interpretations and deep musical insight. This suitably ambitious new project, timed to coincide with the quartet's 30th anniversary in 2028, highlights their dedication to Beethoven's transformative works, tracing his journey from the classical brilliance of the early quartets to the spiritual profundity of his later ones. 5060189563784 ORCC100378.2 44930509 .00 16.99 .48 ORCHID CLASSICS COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL ORCHESTRAL & SYMPHONIC 05/02/2025 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/42/4402542-3325931.jpg 0 SCHUMANN / FOUCHENNERET / QUATUOR STRADA SCHUMANN COLLECTION - STRING QUARTETS & PIANO For the Fourth Volume of their Schumann Collection, Pierre and Theo Fouchenneret, along with their fellow musicians in Quatuor Strada, take us through the year 1842. It was a prolific period for the composer being the year of the three String Quartets, Opus 41, and the Quintet for Piano and Strings, Opus 44. 3770005527686 BECS71.2 44820961 .00 29.99 .18 B. RECORDS COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL ORCHESTRAL & SYMPHONIC 02/14/2025 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/93/4392293-3307323.jpg 6 LANSKY / DEASE / MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY WIND TOUCH & GO Volume 18 of BRIDGE'S Paul Lansky series is a percussion spectacular, featuring the American mallet virtuoso, Gwendolyn Dease. The wide-ranging program includes a percussion solo, a percussion and violin duo, a percussion quartet, and a concerto for percussion and wind ensemble, all by the celebrated American composer Paul Lansky in honor of his 80th birthday. Assisting Ms. Dease are percussionists Ji Hye Jung, Jisu Jung, and Ayano Kataoka; violinist Yvonne Lam; and the Michigan State University Wind Symphony, Kevin Sedatole, conductor. 090404958922 BRI9589.2 44821395 .00 16.99 .21 BRIDGE COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL ORCHESTRAL & SYMPHONIC 02/07/2025 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/41/4392341-3307314.jpg 12 BLAND / GORMAN PIANO SONATAS VOL. 3 The previous volumes of William Bland's piano sonata cycle have met with ecstatic praise from the international press. American critic Ken Meltzer writes: Compelling music, superbly performed. A marvelous presentation of the Romantic piano in full flight." And from British critic Colin Clarke: "The range of expressive tools is vast. It's grand music, with grand playing from Kevin Gorman. It is fervently to be hoped that this series continues." The Atlanta Audio Society wrote of Vol. 2: "In the last analysis, this is one of the best new piano recordings of the year." The brilliant 30-year old American pianist Kevin Gorman's new recording presents premieres of two sonatas: No. 6 in c minor, Bestiary - con Amore (2001) and No. 15 in e-flat minor (2004).