The Arts Desk

Classical CDs Weekly: Mozart, Poulenc, Jeremy Denk

The viola was Mozart's instrument of choice when playing chamber music, his fondness for the instrument's warm timbre prompting him to add a second viola to the quartet line-up when composing his six ...
The Arts Desk

Classical CDs Weekly: Artyomov, Mozart, Smith

Born in 1940, Vyacheslav Artyomov trained as a physicist before switching to music. He joined forces with fellow composers Sofia Gubaidlina and Viktor Suslin in the mid-1970s to form a group ...
Forbes

Classical CD Of The Week: Minor Mozart Miracle

Amazon mp3: $9 | Amazon CD: $11| ArkivMusic: $17 | Qobuz download: £7.99 | iTunes mp3: $10 Volume 4 of a new Mozart Piano Sonata cycle has appeared on the Oehms label and it is now apparent that they ...
NPR

Best Classical CDs of 2006, from WGBH

Brian McCreath is host of Classical Weekend — a mix of recorded classical music, live performances, interviews and news — on Boston-based NPR station WGBH. Here, he compiles a list of the five best ...
Forbes

Classical CD Of The Week: Living History Mozart

Paul Badura-Skoda seems like a pianist from another era – ’tis almost surprising he is still alive and busily recording! But he certainly is – and the wealth of his musical knowledge shows in this ...