The Arts Desk

Classical CDs: Viols, violas and symphonies from a Latvian polymath

If the eye-catching box design doesn’t attract your attention, the first track on CD 1 will, an extract from the veteran Latvian composer Imants Kalniņš’s 1973 score to the popular Latvian film Blow, ...
The Arts Desk

Classical CDs: Double reeds, double pianos and double string orchestras

The performance of the Hummel Grand Concerto for bassoon from 1805 here is just superb. French-born Sophie Dervaux (née Dartigalongue, just like the armagnac) is principal bassoon in the Vienna ...
Texas Monthly

At One of the Last Classical Music Stores, CDs Still Rock

Discover the best things to eat, drink, and do in Houston with our expertly curated city guides. Explore the Houston City Guide In the fall of 2008, a month after Hurricane Ike made landfall in Texas, ...
Dallas Observer

Where to Find Classical Music Vinyl and CDs in Dallas

Amidst all the recent talk of a “vinyl resurgence” and the renewed admiration for physical media in music, one niche seems to miss its fair share of the attention. Countless reissues, think pieces and ...
The New York Times

No, I Am Not Getting Rid of My Thousands of CDs

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook Our chief classical music critic writes in praise of going to a shelf, pulling out a recording and sitting down to listen. By ...
Reuters

Pope makes surprise visit to Rome record store, gets classical CD

ROME, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Pope Francis, a lover of classical music, slipped out of the Vatican on Tuesday evening to visit old friends who run a Rome record shop and came away with a gift of a CD. The ...