Author: Adrian Quanjer

Schumann’s piano music is popular among pianists and audiences alike. Putting one’s stamp on any of the scores demands more than just playing all the […]

A definite proof of his exceptional musicianship. In an earlier blog devoted to Niek Baar, I said: “It may still be early days, but it […]

The 45+ Minutes of Honeck and the Pittsburghers is All You Need If we were to play all the existing recordings of Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, including […]

Balm for the soul in testing times. It would seem to me that in the good-(very)-old-days, many if not all composers did not compose to […]

It’s simple: If you go for it, do it well Some time ago the National Symphony Orchestra, Washington DC, following the example of other top […]

The many faces of Schubert Do we know exactly what kind of person Schubert was and why some of his compositional output is of varying […]

She steals your heart, your soul, and stays forever in your mind I wouldn’t be honest in saying that there are no other great recordings […]

Instantly Serving the Discerning Music Lover At a time when ‘streaming’ has become the norm, some courageous labels continue to serving the small market of discerning music […]

Two of the same? Not quite We have here two versions of the same, offered separately or in a ‘bundle sale’. I don’t think that […]

JSB, the Almost Unbreakable Craftsman There is no limit, so it seems, to what can be done with the musical language of one of the […]

It is like looking at a Rembrandt after the grime of the ages has been removed When I came more or less by chance across […]

With so many artists and recording companies gracing their audiences with new and often inventive musical projects, each vying for the attention of the educated […]