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more Marcello recordings from Michael Hovnanian

Yazan: Jason | 03 August 2011 | No Comments
Categories: bass, performances

Michael Hovnanian has continued to add new movements to his multi-track recordings of the Marcello sonatas.  Michael has been taking the six Marcello sonatas and recording solo and continuo lines for each of them.  It’s a great project to follow along with, not only for the musical results (which are great), but also for the [...]

Kirsten Paige plays Bottesini Concerto at University of Chicago

Yazan: Jason | 04 May 2011 | No Comments
Categories: bass, performances

Longtime bass blog friend Kirsten Paige will be performing the Bottesini Concerto with the University of Chicago Chamber Orchestra this weekend.  I’ll be there, and I hope to see you there as well if you’re in the area! Details: Saturday, May 14th at 8:00pm in Fulton Recital Hall (free admission) University Chamber Orchestra Timothy Semanik, [...]

CBC 154: Guy Tuneh plays Beethoven

Yazan: Jason | 12 June 2010 | 57 Comments
Categories: bass, Contrabass Conversations, performances

We’re featuring double bass virtuoso Guy Tuneh performing an excerpt from the Beethoven Romance for Violin, Op. 50. We’ve featured Guy many times on the podcast and blog in the past, and it’s great to get a chance to feature him again here. Enjoy! Click to Listen

Brahms 1 with the Berlin Philharmonic

Yazan: Jason | 31 May 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: performances, videos

Check out this clip from the Berlin Philharmonic with Simon Rattle at the helm. Does orchestra playing get any better than this? Check out the last couple of moments in this clip (from the last movement), where the whole orchestra is coming in on the “and” of beats one and three… then notice how long [...]

The Linden Quartet – Superb Chamber Music!

Yazan: Jason | 10 October 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: performances, videos

No podcast this weekend (I need a break!), but I’d like to put the word out about an amazing series of chamber music videos that I published at WMYA.fm, one of the other projects that I help with. Last weekend, the Linden Quartet (2009 Gold Medal winner for the Fischoff Competition) made an appearance at [...]

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