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Julian Velasco:  As We Are

Cedille celebrates its 30th anniversary with a cool recital by saxophonist Julian Velasco, winner of the Chicago-based label’s first Emerging...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: AW22

MOZART Piano Sonatas Vols 2 & 3 (Orli Shaham)

The stylish intelligence and pianistic refinement distinguishing the first volume in Orli Shaham’s Mozart piano sonata cycle (released in 2020)...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: AW22

FRANK; SHOSTAKOVICH 'El Rebelde'

California-born Gabriela Lena Frank (b1972) frequently draws upon aspects of her mixed heritage in her music. Here, it’s her Latin...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: AW22

BURGE Sinfonia Antiqua & other works

The four works by John Burge on this new recording show the Canadian composer to be a creative figure of...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: AW22

BERMEL 'Intonations' Music For Clarinet and Strings

Naxos’s previous release of music by clarinettist-composer Derek Bermel (b1967), ‘Migrations’ (A/19), impressed me with its varied, colourful demeanour, bracing...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: AW22

Sarah Plum: Personal Noise

A slim discography barely hints at violinist Sarah Plum’s prolific career as a ‘new music specialist’ but confirms her engagingly...

Reviewed by Thomas May in issue: 10/2022

Mosaic (Wenting Kang)

Since winning First Prize in the 2012 Tokyo International Viola Competition, Chinese player Wenting Kang has gotten around, playing in...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 10/2022

MCCLELLAND Where the Shadow Glides - Songs, Solo Piano and Choral Works

The catalogue of William McClelland (b1950), as viewed on his website wmcclelland.com, is relatively modest in numbers, divided largely between...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2022

Enfolding

The String Orchestra of Brooklyn’s new album features first recordings of works that transform notions of what 22 strings and...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 10/2022

BEETHOVEN Complete Music for Piano and Cello (Robert deMaine)

Cellists must be eternally grateful to Beethoven for his role in transforming their instrument from supporting player to fully fledged...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 10/2022

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