Discoveries

Discoveries

Bruce Hodges

Juilliard Baroque’s CD debut is Couperin’s “Les Nations”; Itamar Zorman plays works by Messiaen, Schubert, Chausson, Hindemith, and...more

Bruce Hodges

Reviews of discs by percussionist Tom Kolor (Cage and Babbitt) and Tracy Silverman with the Calder Quartet.more

Bruce Hodges

Juilliard pianists Sean Chen and Vicky Chow have new albums: his of Ravel and Scriabin, hers with Tristan...more

Bruce Hodges

Two Juilliard-trained violinists, Miranda Cuckson and Anne Akiko Meyers, release new albums of contemporary works.more

Bruce Hodges

Juilliard composers: Jonathan Dawe’s fractal-inspired “Piercing are the Darts”; Kenneth Fuchs’s Don DeLillo-based “Falling Man.”more

Bruce Hodges

New jazz releases by Juilliard alums Jon Batiste, Mike Cottone, Clovis Nicolasmore
Elliot Carter's String Quartets (Sony Classical 88843033832)

Bruce Hodges

Elliott Carter’s love of complexity and gleeful rhythmic energy help make these monumental quartets daunting for some.more

Bruce Hodges

This month’s Juilliard alum CDs: chamber music by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich; Paul Appleby and Susanna Phillips Sing Mooremore
David Krakauer

Bruce Hodges

This month, David Krakauer takes on movie music and Amy Porter performs flute transcriptions of Bach’s cello suites.more
Franz Schreker: Die Gezeichneten

Bruce Hodges

James Conlon is a persuasive advocate for neglected music of composers who were victims of the Nazis.more

Bruce Hodges

New albums performed by Juilliard alum violists Hisin-Yung and Paul Coletti.more
Sean Hickey Conciertos

Bruce Hodges

Works by Sean Hickey played by Juilliard alums Dimtry Kouzov and Alexander Fiterstein; Pre-College alum Conrad Tao plays...more
Trio Solisti

Bruce Hodges

Outstanding readings of Dvorak’s Third and Fourth Piano Trios from Trio Solisti, and John Adams’s string quartets in...more
Basically Bull CD

Bruce Hodges

Alan Feinberg finds a 17th-century cutting edge and Jeremy Denk improbably pairs Ligeti and Beethoven.more
Magnus Lindberg NY Philharmonic

Bruce Hodges

Bruce Hodges turns his ear to new releases of music by Magnus Lindberg and Edward Elgar.more
The Lark Quartet

Bruce Hodges

Contemporary chamber music from the Lark Quartet and new-music ensemble counter)induction.more
Morgan James

Bruce Hodges

Recent alum CDs include Simone Dinnerstein’s stunning tribute to Nina Simone and Morgan James’s quietly transfixing Night.more

Bruce Hodges

Works by Bach and Couperin show the majesty of the instrument.more
Israeli Chamber

Bruce Hodges

Outstanding playing by the award-winning Israeli Chamber Project and premieres from the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival.more
Open House CD review

Bruce Hodges

Bruce Hodges reviews Open House: Song Cycles by Robert Beaser and William Bolcom and Renée Fleming’s Poèmes.more

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