Pianist Frank Huang is an Assistant Professor of Piano at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. The New York Concert Review described him as a “thoughtful and accomplished performer,” and thought his playing was “impressive for its maturity and refinement.” He has gained international recognition for his artistry and technical command. Huang is particularly interested in promoting works that are less frequently performed as well as music of our own time. For this release, however, he reaches into the mind of a master, Johannes Brahms. He performs here four works by Brahms, never faltering in his technical ability or sensitivity to musicality. Particularly notable is his interpretation of Brahms’ Sixteen Waltzes, Op. 39.

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Winterreise, the great song cycle by Franz Schubert, is one of the true glories of the lieder repertoire.Alan Bennett is an American lyric tenor, known mostly for his performances in concert and oratorio work. Bennett has appeared at music festivals around the world, including the Tanglewood Festival, Le Rendez-vou Musicale de Laterriere and the Grand Teton Music Festival. Bennett brings Schubert's most-famous work to life with his romantic sound and lyrical style.

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Dedicating this release to their parents, Cynthia Ellis and Michelle Temple form the Arioso Duo. They have performed recitals that transform audiences as well as other performers. The duo encourages audience interaction, they are passionate about educating the next generation about music and often collaborate with living composers.

Recorded in 2010, this new release featuring mezzo-soprano Pamela Dellal is a collection of popular and beloved songs of the Antelbellum era. Pamela Dellal is an acclaimed soloist and recitalist whose singing has been praised for her "exquisite vocal color," "musical sensitivity," (Worcester Gazette) and "eloquent phrasing" (The Boston Globe). Dellal teaches diction at the Boston Conservatory and the Longy School of Music. She has served as faculty at many acclaimed schools throughout the world as well.

Composer Alexandra Pajak draws her inspiration from minimalism, Medieval Polyphony, and biology, providing a modern interpretation to each with social justice. In addition to her work as a composer Alexandra Pajak works as a mental health clinician. The present release joins her two passions, and presents a programme of music inspired by mental illness. Each track is titled after a different mental condition, including Schizophrenia, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and others, before rounding out with the track Recovery. A brilliant team of musicians interprets this music, including pianist Tim Whitehead, cellist Charae Krueger, violinist Helen Kim, violist Joli Wu, and oboist Sasha Shatalov.

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Karen Buranskas, professor of cello at the University of Notre Dame, does an incredible job presenting these concertos on this recording, performing them with the appropriate combination of delicacy and passion. One of Dmitri Shostakovich's earlier works, his Sonata for Cello and Piano in D Minor Op. 40 was written in 1934 during an emotionally tumultuous period in his life. Shortly after it's premiere, his music was denounced by the Soviet Union. In 1948, much like Shostakovich, Sergei Prokovief's music was accused of formalism and much of his music was banned. When he penned his Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119, he did not know if it would ever be performed in public. Dmitry Kabalevsky studied under Nikolay Myaskovsky, another prolific Russian composer, at the Moscow Conservatoire. His Cello Sonata stands amongst his greatest post-war successes.

This comprises 46 songs by Berg, the majority written prior to his study with Arnold Schoenberg. This is music that clearly reflects the time of it's composition, between 1901 and 1908. These songs are far too seldom heard.