An Austrian documentary about the painstaking work of a master piano-tuner Stefan Knüpfer's year-long pursuit of perfection — to perform Bach's Art of Fugue perfectly — has reeled in several international awards.
Composers who followed in Brahms’ footsteps receive performances ranging from rewarding to thrilling.
Some fresh Italian air is provided by a new Naxos release of works by a youthful Ottorino Respighi.
With considerable creativity and stamina, pianist Alessio Bax plays a demanding program of Brahms, Enescu, and Bartók.
Imaginative programming choices mark the Carmel Bach Festival’s “Landscapes of the Soul” program.
The multifaceted Peter Hanson emerges as a gracious, accessible concertmaster of the Carmel band.
Carmel Bach’s new director, Paul Goodwin, leads a powerful “rethink” of Bach’s St. John Passion that won the audience over.
Young singers in American Bach Soloists’ summer academy come up against the limits of Bach’s Mass in B Minor, with varying success.
A Jennifer Higdon work infallibly delights, on this new Atlanta Symphony Orchestra CD, even without its live-concert visuals.
Pianist Jon Nakamatsu and soprano Christina Major lend their gifts to a strong program by the long-admired Midsummer Mozart Festival.
