Reviewed: The Coo, Carmen Gomes, Van Der Bent / Den Bakker

The Coo: Amsterdam Moon (Just Listen Records) In a time when distancing and division override our common human need for social contact, a musical collaboration […]

BarcaNova Records – a new label that must be heard

BarcaNova Records is a relatively new Dutch label that must be heard. On their stylishly ‘cool’ website, BarcaNova founder, Hubert Koekenberg, outlines the label’s adage […]

Unusual Repertoire that Merits wider Acknowledgment

Ole Bull, the other Norwegian composer from the town of Bergen, or, as Robert Schumann used to call him, the Norwegian Paganini, is for most […]

Trumpet Treasures

Angelo Verploegen and Jasper van Hulten: The Duke Book (Just Listen Records) Jazz performance is sometimes compared to a tightrope walk. A dialogue between a […]

Old AND New – Another way of Looking at Things

Schumann, Mendelssohn and Schubert are seemingly sitting a bit forlorn between their ‘totally opposite’ Spanish numbers, who steal the show for all those, adventurous enough […]

Truly Exceptional Rachmaninoff performances by Fedorova

It took 18-year-old Sergueï Vassilievitch Rachmaninoff, working from early morning to late at night, no more than two and a half days to finish the […]

Memorable Performance with Joyful Grandeur

Over the years interpretation of Baroque music has seen some considerable changes, moving from slow, almost dragging performances to the more recent agitated, almost aggressive […]

Wytske Holtrop “Cello Frysienne”

What do the world-famous Dutch cellist, Anner Bijlsma, who passed away earlier this year, and his younger colleague, Wytske Holtrop, have in common? Both are […]