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March 30, 2009
Tim Pack is a composer and pianist from Oregon. He’s also a scholar in Renaissance music (his motet, Amicus Fidelis, shows some influence of this on his own music). Tim has uploaded a number of his compositions and provided interesting notes. You can listen to Tim Pack’s music here.
March 20, 2009
This week we feature the Atrium Quartet, a young ensemble originally from Saint Petersburg, Russia. The quartet was founded in 2000 but now resides in Berlin. They recently visited Chicago and played Prokofiev's String Quartet No. 2 and Schubert’s Quartettsatz. We think the freshness, precision and vigor of their playing makes them one of the more interesting new quartets around. To listen to Atrium now, please click here.
March 13, 2009
Baritone Thomas Meglioranza has a voice big enough to fill an opera house, but he's equally at ease in a chamber setting. His rendition of Schubert's songs is intelligent, his diction clear. We would like you to sample some of them. We especially like the elegance of An die Laute and the warmth of Das Lied im Grünen. This selection was recorded in Concert in Chicago in October of 2004. Thomas is accompanied by a very sensitive Reiko Uchida. Click here to listen now.
March 8, 2009
This week we feature the wonderful artistry of Albert Markov, a Russian-American violinist, composer and conductor. He was born in the Soviet Union and studied in Moscow with Y. Yankelevich (violin) and A. Khachaturian and H. Litinsky (composition). After making several successful appearances in international violin competitions, including the Queen Elizabeth in Brussels (Gold medal), Markov performed with major symphony orchestras and the world's leading conductors. He is the only concert violinist of the 20th century to have written major compositions, including a Concerto, a Symphony, an Opera and several Sonatas, most of which where published and recorded commercially. Mr. Markov teaches at the Manhattan School of Music and the Long Island Conservatory. His students include his son Alexander Markov and other distinguished violinists. You can read Mr. Markov’s complete biography here. We have created two playlists: one with a selection of performances by Mr. Markov, and another featuring some of his compositions. You can click on the Playlists button on the left-hand side and select the appropriate playlist, or you could listen to Mr. Markov now, either as a soloist or as a composer.
Site Update: New Feature
Did you know that you have a choice of selecting the type of music that plays when you enter the site? If you prefer a specific musical instrument, you could either select the most popular performances, or allow the system to pick the selection for that particular instrument. We call these lists "Top" and "Serendipity." Piano music lovers, for example, could either make the "Top Piano" or "Piano: Serendipity" playlists as their starting point. If you don't have a preferred instrument, you could still select the option of playing the most popular performances among all the musical categories. Or, you could simply have the system make the choice for you. Just go to Personal -> Preferences in the upper-right corner of the page and select the appropriate playlist.