This is something unusual — a recording series spread across different labels. Violinist Solmiya Ivakhiv and pianist Antonio Pompa-Baldi wanted to record the double concertos of Haydn and Mendelssohn. While preparing, they discovered two other neglected works. Johann Nepomuk Hummel, a contemporary of Haydn, had also written a double concerto for violin and piano. And […]
Theodore Kuchar
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Walter Saul a welcome discovery
I have to admit I’d not heard of American composer Walter Saul before this CD landed on my desk. I’m glad it did. Saul’s music has a directness to it that I find refreshing. Saul writes in a post-tonal style that’s extremely accessible, yet avoids triteness and cliche. Case in point, Saul’s 1992 Christmas Symphony. […]