This is simply a delightful disc for the dog days of summer. Richard Galliano is a long-standing jazz accordionist from France who followed in his father's footsteps, taking up accordion at age 4.

Signum Classics's publicity cleverly uses descriptions by the period-instrument players from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment to promote CPE Bach and his work. "Avant-garde," they say, ...

In a career lasting well over half a century, CPE Bach composed over 70 concertos but only 18 symphonies. (He also wrote 21 Passion settings, which shows where his priorities lay.) Marcin Świątkiewicz ...

Symphony No. 1 Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Bernhard Forck, Conductor Symphonies Nos 1-4, Movements: Symphony in F Wq183/3 Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Bernhard Forck, Conductor Symphony No. 2 ...

2 WAITRESS Will Embark on 10th Anniversary North American Tour This Fall 3 MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL Launches 25th Anniversary North American Tour Conducted by Music Director Rossen Milanov, the Columbus ...

Throughout the week Classic FM’s presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. This week: Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 – by ...

MUSICAL HYBRID: On his latest album, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo teams up with international musicians playing Indigenous instruments, plus synthesist Jamar Woods and the Asheville Symphony Orchestra. “The ...

Effervescent performances of little-known, but brilliant, symphonies. Classic FM Drive Featured Album, 2 February 2015. C.P.E. Bach is an almost unknown figure these days, completely overshadowed by ...

Seattle symphony's principal percussionist, Michael Werner, just doing what we all do on a casual Thursday night. Credit: James Holt / Seattle Symphony Aello is fascinating. Neuwirth’s composition ...

String Quartet Op 41 No 3, Piano Quintet Op 44 Schumann's gift for writing for piano or voice didn't so naturally extend to chamber music and he hesitated before venturing into the form. Yet his ...

Completing the dramatic first week of the Carmel Bach Festival, maestro Bruno Weil started the Friday night concert at the Sunset Center Theater with the American premiere of a symphony by J.S. Bach”s ...

It is not possible to see the sparks, but you can certainly hear them. This disc of five symphonies by CPE Bach, one of JS (Bach’s) many sons, sets off at a cracking pace. Musical fashion had moved on ...