Welcome to 2011

January 3, 2011

Welcome to 2011! This year we hope to add many more recordings to the 2,500 already in our library, and look forward to welcoming more performers to join the ranks of about 500 musicians who have already contributed their music to Classical Connect. Here are some of the recent recordings; we hope they give you some idea of the high caliber and talent of musicians who collaborate with Classical Connect.

The violinist Rachel Lee, who studied with Itzhak Perlman at the age of 10 and also with Miriam Fried at the New England Conservatory, plays Leoš Janáček's Sonata for Violin and Piano. She's accompanied by Ron Regev.

The Korean pianist Soyeon Lee won the First Prize at the 2010 Naumburg Piano Competition. She studied at the Juilliard School with Jerome Lowenthal and Robert McDonald. She plays Prelude and Fugue in D-flat Major Op. 87, No. 15 by Dmitri Shostakovich.

The cellist Wendy Law has appeared as a soloist with renowned orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Singapore Symphony, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, and the Russian Philharmonic. Ms. Law has been appointed a Teaching Artist at the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Here she plays 12 Variations on a theme from Mozart's "The Magic Flute" by Beethoven. Byron Sean is on the piano. To hear the complete playlist, click here.