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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 […]
Adrian Quanjer on Jan 27, 2023
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 […]
Adrian Quanjer on Jan 02, 2023
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, […]
Adrian Quanjer on Sep 30, 2022
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 […]
Adrian Quanjer on Feb 03, 2023
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 […]
Adrian Quanjer on Sep 19, 2022
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 […]
Adrian Quanjer on Aug 22, 2022
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, […]
Adrian Quanjer on Aug 05, 2022
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 […]
Adrian Quanjer on Jun 29, 2022
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 […]
Adrian Quanjer on Jun 13, 2022
It seems that these days many of us are feeling the need to relax, to wind down, and to take a step back – myself […]
Bill Dodd on Jun 03, 2022
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 […]
Adrian Quanjer on Mar 24, 2022
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 […]
Adrian Quanjer on Mar 16, 2022
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