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Michael Borgestede & Roberto Loreggian: Handel: Complete Harpsichord Music
by C. Michael Bailey
It would be Romantic if it weren't so Baroque... The revered Italian keyboard master decided to take in a salon costume party while visiting Venice on his most recent concert tour. All attendees were appropriately masked, including one imposing figure seated at the harpsichord, playing. Listening to the performer for a moment, the Master, Domenico Scarlatti, remarked, Che può essere solo una delle due persone che giocano, il caro Sassone o il diavolo. ("That can be only one ...
read moreJenny Soonjin Kim: Kozeluch Complete Keyboard Sonatas, Volume 1
by C. Michael Bailey
Let's not hear it for Bach, Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Those perennial blowhards get all of the attention. Rather, let's hear it for their lesser-known contemporaries. These are composers who, today, get little light standing in the shadows of the aforementioned classical giants. It is the beauty of digital music and the Naxos brand of musical marketing that we have recorded performances of these less storied composers. Because, let's face it. One can only become so familiar with a given ...
read moreJeroen Van Veen: Philip Glass - Solo Piano Music
by C. Michael Bailey
Composer Philip Glass remains a leading figure in American classical music after a fruitful career spanning six decades. Creator of symphonies, chamber music, operas and soundtracks, Glass has established himself as an immediately recognized artist whenever his compositions are played. His popular renown derives from his notable movie scores that include: Hamburger Hill (1987), The Thin Blue Line (1988), Kundun (1997); The Truman Show (1998), The Hours (2002), The Fog of War (2003) and Secret Window (2004). ...
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