Spotlight Album Fashioning a More Thoughtful World Scottish classical guitarist SEAN SHIBE, playing with lovely clarity and thoughtfulness, adds his own innate sense of the…
Spotlight Album The Visible Invisible Honoring LEONARDO DA VINCI on the 500th anniversary of his death, British music ensemble I FAGLIONI offers an…
Spotlight Album Communing With Misfortune, In Search of Justice Falsely convicted of murder, four Native Alaskans--the Fairbanks Four--were freed in 2015 after 18 years in prison. Composer…
Classical Perspectives Harpsichord In a New World MAHAN ESFAHANI continues to break new ground for the harpsichord on his latest CD, TIME PRESENT AND TIME…
Classical Perspectives The Many ‘Worlds’ of Mandolinist Extraordinaire Avi Avital Israeli-born mandolinist AVI AVITAL is blurring the classical-folk lines anew with BETWEEN WORLDS, featuring the work of 'classical…
Classical Perspectives Fleshing Out New Dimensions in Bach’s Music On his new album, lutenist HOPKINSON SMITH is fleshing out new dimensions of J.S. Bach's Suites nos. 4,…
Classical Perspectives A Master Returns to Bach, With Glorious Results As a young pianist, András Schiff earned wide esteem for his 1980s recordings of the major keyboard works…