Paganini: Capriccio Tomas Cotik, violin. Monica Ohuchi, piano (tracks 1 & 19) Centaur 4130 Total Time:  77:05 Recording:   ****/****...

Into the Light: Rediscovered Chamber Music by Christoph Graupner and others Musicians of the Old Post Road: Suzanne Strumpf, traverso. Sarah Darling, violin and viola. Jesse Irons, violin. Marcia Cassidy, viola. Daniel Ryan, cello. Benjamin Katz, harpsichord. OPR Recordings OPR001 Also available digitally. Total Time:  57:08 Recording:   ****/**** Performance: ****/****   Based in Boston, the Musicians of the Old Post Road are a chamber group that focuses on the performance o

Passages: French Cello Works Louise Dubin, cello. Spencer Myer, piano .Julia Bruskin, cello. Bridge 9597 Total Time: 50:13 Recording:   ****/**** Performance: ****/****   Passages features a collection of mostly lesser-known works for solo cello by French composers, several here receiving their world premiere recordings.  Louise Dubin performs with the Baltimore and New Jersey Symphonies and is noted for her research on composer Auguste Franchomme (1808-1884) whose music and

It has been a rather full Fall working on a variety of composition projects including a multi-movement orchestral work whose shape is still in progress. So far there are 2 movements with one of them being a passacaglia. The holiday music continues to be popular both in the chamber music pieces and in the choral selections all of which are linked to JW Pepper from the WORKS LIST page. Rejoice-A Holiday Overture was one of the projects from this Fall with a slight reworking o

Project Encore, Volume 2 Timothy McAllister, alto/soprano saxophonesLiz Ames, piano. Neuma Records 235 Total Time:  67:48 Recording:  ...

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 12-15 Young Hyun Cho, piano. Blue Griffin Records 685 Total Time:  72:17 Recording:   ****/****...