After almost three years on hiatus due to the covid pandemic, the Southland Ensemble returned to the concert stage on February 3, 2023 to perform Harmonium, experimental music composed by…

Vicente Lusitano Motets The Marian Consort Rory McCleery, director Linn Records   Congratulations to Sequenza 21 contributor Garrett Schumann for his first article in the New York Times, about sixteenth…

  Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays the Beatles Brad Mehldau Nonesuch Records   Pianist Brad Mehldau is a chameleon-like figure, able to play music in many styles and…

On February 10, 2023, Cold Blue Music released Halcyon Days, a new album of music by composer Michael Byron. The CD consists of percussion and keyboard pieces that date from…

Steve Reich: The String Quartets Mivos Quartet Deutsche Grammophon   Steve Reich wrote his three string quartets for the Kronos Quartet, who have premiered, recorded (for Nonesuch), and continued to…

The Clarinet Trio Transformations and Further Passages Jürgen Kupke, clarinet; Michael Thieke, alto clarinet, clarinet; Gebhard Ullmann, bass clarinet Leo Records LR 921   Gebhard Ullmann is celebrating his sixty-fifth…

Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Opp. 101 & 106 Maurizio Pollini Deutsche Grammophon   Maurizio Pollini turned eighty during the recording sessions for this CD in 2021 and 2022. The great pianist…

J.S. Bach András Schiff Clavichord   He was the best organist in Europe and a mean harpsichordist too, but Johann Sebastian Bach loved playing the clavichord. The intimacy of its…

Mother, Sister, Daughter Musica Secreta, directed by Laurie Stras Lucky Music   Over a career that spans thirty years, Musica Secreta has established themselves as one of the premiere all-female…

Milieu Interieur Jason Alder, clarinets Clarinet music by Thanos Chrysakis   Thanos Chrysakis is a prominent composer from Greece who works in electroacoustic music, as a performer and creating sound…