Author: Adrian Quanjer

New does not always mean New In a highly competitive field, labels must look for new avenues to satisfy classical music lovers’ appetite having already […]

Music or Witchcraft? How many of you are familiar with the theremin? It may sound a bit out of place here, but I came to […]

More than a great pianist | A natural talent enthralling his audience Is it fair to say that the best recordings are made by people […]

Unless you are lucky enough to have a box set of complete (?) piano sonatas, which only exists in the CD format, or, if that […]

Schubert’s final piano sonata, a long and demanding testament Searching on the internet for the best interpreters of Schubert’s late sonatas, one invariably ends up […]

What is the difference between the automobile market and the music record business? Not much. Sales statistics cover the mass market in either sector. But […]

It is not the first time that Chopin’s spiritual output has been used by other creative minds to rearrange or transcribe it for another instrument […]

I do not think that the Amsterdam Sinfonietta had anything else in mind than producing an album of “several romantic works, each with a very […]

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 […]