Original Heartsongs by cellist James Todd with pianist William Morse The cello -- after centuries as a classical instrument, usually as part of a string section -- is being taken to a new place in ...

Across cultures and genres, listeners consistently describe the cello as “human,” a rare case where an instrument’s emotional ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by We asked Yo-Yo Ma, John Williams, Andrew Lloyd Webber and others to pick the music that moves them. Listen to their choices. In the past, we’ve asked ...

These concertos of baroque composer Josef Antonín Guretzky (1709-1769) are a joy! Picking a composer out of Moravian obscurity, the “Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen” have put down world ...

A Rainbow in Curved Air and Shri Camel are equally enjoyable, the latter reflecting the composer’s fascination with North ...

In the mid-2000s, I was approached by a tech entrepreneur who was a fan of classical music and had a foundation that supported many classical artists. He had contacted me because of articles I had ...

Pianist Beatrice Berrut’s Jugendstil (la dolce volta) contains the Swiss pianist’s transcriptions of movements from Mahler’s 3 rd, 5 th and 6 th Symphonies and Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht. They’re ...