Nadia Labrie: Finding the Beauty
French-Canadian flute player Nadia Labrie is famous for her classical recordings of works by Schubert, Bach, and Mozart.
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Recurrence: Iranian Feminism, Mathematics, and Erosion
Iran’s growing feminist movement, the role of mathematics in music, and the impacts of erosion on sea stacks are but a few of the topics explored on Leaf Music’s Recurrence.
Adam Zinatelli: Expanding Trumpet Repertoire
Adam Zinatelli started playing the trumpet when he was in Grade 7. Some years later, when he was in Grade 12, he heard Mahler’s…
CD Review | Tzimtzum (Leaf Music, 2023)
Tzimtzum: an album composed by Jaap Nico Hamburger that contracts an impressive list of featured artists into eight tracks to transport listeners into a magical musical realm.
CD Review | Portrait (Centrediscs, 2023)
Bryan and Silvie Cheng—brother and sister in real life—have just released a new album, Portrait, on Centrediscs—the most personal of their entire discography.
CD Review | Etiquette (Leaf Music, 2023)
This world-première recording of Etiquette, a one-act chamber opera with music by Monica Pearce and libretto by John Terauds, features sopranos Maureen Batt and Erin Bardua.
CD Review | Jewels of Romance (Universal Music, 2023)
As the holiday season approaches, Dutch violinist André Rieu returns with a special album titled Jewels of Romance.
CD Review | Kevin Lau: Under a Veil of Stars (Leaf Music, 2023)
Rarely do program notes capture the intangible, inexpressible nature of the works they describe. But such is not the case with composer Kevin Lau’s album Under a Veil of Stars.
CD Review | Elgar & Lalo Cello Concertos (Sony Classical, 2023)
Nearly three decades after it was initially made, Israeli-Canadian cellist Ofra Harnoy’s recording of Edward Elgar’s cello concerto has been released on Sony Classical.
CD Review | Ricercari (Atma Classique, 2023)
Ricercari are most often solo instrumental pieces dating from the early baroque period, which are similar in character to Bach’s better-known preludes for solo cello.
