The Finest Pianos Ever Made
Robert Adelson, b. 1967, Erard; A Passion for the Piano, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, © 2021, Pp. xviii + 238, $74.00 via Amazon.com. This is the simplified definitive book about the Erard piano business, at least until some new documents are found, and...
THRIO’s Debut Album Honors Jazz Tradition with Modern Twists
THRIO: THRIO Volume 1. Andrew Berinson, piano; Paul Creel, bass; Donovan Cheatham, drums. Thriomusic © 2022, TT: 56:34. Available on all music streaming platforms on September 2nd. Available to pre-save now. In an era of jazz where the bands are bigger, more...
Mosaic, Viola Music Performed by Wenting Kang with Sergei Kvitko, Piano
Mosaic, Wenting Kang, viola; Sergei Kvitko, piano; Claude Debussy (1862-1918), "Beau Soir," (1891), "Première Rhapsodie" (1909-10); Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909), "Recuerdo de la Alhambra" (1899, trans. R. Ricci); Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), "Pavane pour une...
A Seminal Book by Stuart Isacoff
Stuart Isacoff, Musical Revolutions; How the Sounds of the Western World Changed, New York, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, © 2022, Pp. [xii] + 308; $30.00 via the publisher; $28.19 via Amazon; also available on Kindle, $14.99 via Amazon. This is The Wall Street Journal...
Music by Exiled Ukrainian and Russian Composers
Thomas de Hartmann, Orchestral Music of [….] (1895-1956), Elan Sicroff, piano (maker not identified), Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine, Tian Hui Ng, cond., Concerto for piano and orchestra, Op. 61 (1939), Scherzo fantastique, Op. 25 (1929),...
David Heid’s Classy Ladies Honors the Music of Twentieth-Century Women
David Heid is a fine piano collaborator, teacher, and scholar. He is also a champion of underrepresented composers and performers. His recent recital recording, Classy Ladies, features compositions by composers working during the first half of the twentieth century:...
Pianos Compared: Originals, Contemporaries, and Moderns
To the reader: The URLs for the pianist on the two different 2-CD sets are NOT the same; they are label-specific. There are several links to sites dealing with the piano makers; ALL are different and important to their (his)story. Hopefully no sites will disappear...
Frederic Hand’s Across Time Will Sweep You Away
Across Time; Frederic Hand (b. 1947); "Renewal," "Ballad for Astor Piazzolla," "The Passionate Pilgrim" (recorded in Area 52 Studios, Saugerties, NY, October, 2021); "The Poet's Eye," "I Am," "There Is a Splendor," "Cooper Lake," "Romantic Etude" (recorded mid-1990s,...
Three Recent CDs of African-American and African Piano Music
Fantasie Nègre; The Piano Music of Florence Price (1887-1953); Samantha Ege, piano (make, model, & serial # unknown; recorded at the University of Surrey PATS Sudio); Lorelt (Lontano Records Ltd., "an independent classical record label […] formed in...
Harp Music to Save the Planet
Five Minutes for Earth, Yolanda Kondonassis [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yolanda_Kondonassis], harp (Lyon & Healy [; https://www.lyonhealy.com/], Salzedo Model [https://www.lyonhealy.com/harps/salzedo/]; Chicago; Be sure to check both links.), 15...
