Author: Adrian Quanjer

Each new organ recording from Jake’s stable is a joy for organ lovers and exceptional in all its diversity compared to the previous ones. And […]

Some have learned to hear the difference Technical aspects of music reproduction continue to occupy our minds. Leaving aside the indifferent, there seem to be […]

BarcaNova Records is a relatively new Dutch label that must be heard. On their stylishly ‘cool’ website, BarcaNova founder, Hubert Koekenberg, outlines the label’s adage […]

Ole Bull, the other Norwegian composer from the town of Bergen, or, as Robert Schumann used to call him, the Norwegian Paganini, is for most […]

Schumann, Mendelssohn and Schubert are seemingly sitting a bit forlorn between their ‘totally opposite’ Spanish numbers, who steal the show for all those, adventurous enough […]

It took 18-year-old Sergueï Vassilievitch Rachmaninoff, working from early morning to late at night, no more than two and a half days to finish the […]

Over the years interpretation of Baroque music has seen some considerable changes, moving from slow, almost dragging performances to the more recent agitated, almost aggressive […]

What do the world-famous Dutch cellist, Anner Bijlsma, who passed away earlier this year, and his younger colleague, Wytske Holtrop, have in common? Both are […]

Regretting that Myrios no longer releases Super Audio CD’s, many will be glad to learn that recordings will henceforth be available through downloadable digital files […]

How many will actually hear that these symphonies are played by only 9 musicians? Ernst Spyckerelle, responsible for all the arrangements, puts it this way, […]

Military bands are common, some are good, few are better. The Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy clearly belongs to the latter category, as […]