Author: Adrian Quanjer

The scene is set for something special Dutch violinist Niek Baar obtained his master’s degree at the famous Hanns Eisler University of Music in Berlin, […]

It’s All About Passion & Poetry In her first instalment of a projected survey of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concertos, Anna Federova hugely surprised me, and surely […]

This new release, presented as a ‘concept-album’ around Maurice Ravel, is not just another Ravel Highlights. It is an emotionally led, deliberate choice. It has […]

It is no secret that High-Resolution Super Audio is under pressure. Over the years, some labels have given up altogether. Streaming has become the norm, […]

Two Spanish musicians, whom I did not know before, embarked last year on a mission to bring works of great beauty, for too long hidden […]

With this latest release, Reference Recordings continue to push standards beyond existing boundaries. I think that no collector is without at least several complete sets […]

Some might feel that under the present circumstances one should stay away from anything Russian. I think that we ought to realize that not all […]

In these dire times, Russia and Russians mustn’t be judged by the same token. It crossed my mind when I heard Dmitry Ferschtman playing the […]

An inconspicuous instrument in the middle? In a personal note, Dana Zemtsov says that there is no real shortage of good viola music. Despite general […]

What is the secret? Find some good players, select music that is not yet (Mozart) or hardly (Beethoven) available in high definition, written by famously […]

It is said that many good things have their origin in bad times.The proof is here.  No matter what national policies had to be followed, […]

Photo credit: Marco Borggreve « Croyant voir en lui un être sensible à la musique, elle cède et, pendant plusieurs semaines, accepte la passion que lui […]