At a time when complete opera recordings have begun to go the way of the triceratops, it seems odd to find this perfectly ordinary performance of Massenet's "Manon" captured on disc -- and not merely ...

Combining rock, jazz, folk, grunge and Hindi chant with classical piano is a risky venture, but for pianist and SUNY Oswego professor Robert Auler, it's a risk worth taking. Auler, alongside his ...

Franz Schubert’s Fantasia in F minor for piano four-hands D940 from his last year (1828) is, in short, the composer’s most beautiful work for any number of pianos or hands. I am not alone in this ...

These pieces were included on an irresistible collection of Bartók’s complete choral music released last year on the same label. Buy that, then get this disc too; the performances are equally ...

Graciously hosted by Portland Piano Company, 711 SW 14th Ave, Portland OR Help Beaverton based pianist Philip Mandel celebrate the release of his first professionally produced CD! Philip will perform ...

Semyon Bychkov’s Mahler 4 is the first volume of a projected cycle from an orchestra with a surprisingly small Mahler discography. Mahler was born in what is now the Czech Republic, and the fanfares ...

Up until Teddy Wilson’s emergence in the mid-1930s, the jazz piano was an instrument of battle. Hard-charging stride pianists such as Fats Waller, Earl “Fatha” Hines, Art Tatum, James P. Johnson and ...