It isn’t often that an extended poem gets taken on a modern spin, but Clement Clarke Moore’s 1823 poem, “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas,” beloved of children of all ages, has been set by composer William Goldstein against an orchestral

The Austrian composer Joseph Marx (1882-1964) led Austrian musical culture and after his death, seemed to vanish completely from the musical scene. Born in Graz, he studied philosophy, art history, German studies, and music at the University of Graz. In

When we look at Dvořák’s ninth symphony, From the New World, we often think that it exists in this peculiar Czecho-American bubble. Written when Dvořák was resident in the US as head of the National Conservatory, the work is much

Recorder performer Michala Petri lifted the recorder out of the hands of the Baroque performers and has placed it firmly in the modern age. Despite those who sought to get her to play a “real” instrument, she saw the possibilities

The amount of music that has been lost and found again or sometimes lost and not found again seems to be a continuing thread through the centuries. Scores are used to start the fires by ungrateful spouses or inattentive domestic

Matthew Quayle (b. 1976) took up what’s considered the ultimate classical genre, the string quartet and brought it fully into the 21st century. The original conversational / confrontational discussion between 2 violins, a viola, and a cello the discourse was

Serious Songs 5 : XX Party From Eisler: Ernste Gesänge, Lieder with Piano (2013) Released by Harmonia Mundi Eisler: Serious Songs 5 : XX PartyFrom the Twenties and the Berlin of the Weimar Republic until his emigration to the United

Naive Music no. 7 Waltz Elisaveta Blumina From Silvestrov Piano Works (2013) Released by Grand Piano Silvestrov: Naive Music – no. 7 WaltzAbout Valentin Silvestrov (b. 1937) This recording is devoted to piano works, by the Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov,