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This Italian string quartet has developed a tight, fluid ensemble sound as comfortable with the avant-garde as with Boccherini.
Read More »Concert Review: Quartetto di Cremona at the Frick (NYC, 11 Nov 2018)
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Musical Instrument Galleries Reopen
Among the fascinating objects associated with major artists and historical figures are a narwhal-tusk flute made for Frederick the Great, a 16th-century Amati violin made for the marriage of Philip II, guitars owned by Segovia, and a clarinet that belonged to Benny Goodman.
Read More »Music Review: Isabelle Faust, Freiburger Barockorchester – Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 5, Hebrides
What we hear on this recording is a virtuoso who makes it all sound easy, who draws deeply felt emotion and faery-dust thrills from her instrument with a feeling of effortlessness.
Read More »Inbal Segev – A Love Story with the Cello
“I breathed cello,” Segev remembers. Her love story with the instrument continues to this day, says the mother of three.
Read More »Book Review: Devil’s Trill by Gerald Elias
Devil’s Trill is the first book in what is sure to become an interesting new series for mystery and music lovers.
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