WFIU: Featured Classical Recordings

The group's mission is nothing short of building a standard and expansive repertoire for violin and guitar duos.

You can see the new gold plated instruments, but you have to imagine those Adidas sneakers.

Perhaps not semper dolans, but semper O'Dolan?

Violinist leaves 'sichord' out of harpsichord for recording session.

"Happy Austria" was part of the Latin motto of the marrying rather than martial Austrian Habsburgs

I never think it should be played the same way twice.

Music for the instrument before and after "the explosion" of the 70s.

I would say that Josh and I are interested in the beauty of the sounds that come from our respective instruments....Jeremy Denk

The title does invite 'shuffle' play, but the creators think they've dealt a well sorted hand.

A tour of Latin-flavored music for solo violin that grew out of a cruise.

"Making the world safe for classical music, one note at a time." Lara Downes goal!

Also there were these catalogs of pieces by Weiss, so I had at least a sense of a taste preference.

"I wanted to appeal to the audience that still has affection for the music that Andres Segovia made so much a part of the repertoire."

We didn’t get Doc Seversen, but we had a young man named Vincent DiMartino and he’s gone on to become the famous Vincent DiMartino of the trumpet world.

In some pieces I have to think about organ sounds and effects and of course with the orchestra I’m always reminded of the expressive qualities of bowing

We recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra and it sounded so great that it was inspiring.