Ravel/ Roth - MiroirsThe two composers, who represent their country as figureheads of color and sound, have almost identical dates in their lives: The Pole Karol Szymanowski and the Frenchman Maurice Ravel. The Swiss pianist Matthias Roth has put together an exquisite program for his GENUIN debut release, which he has recorded with a crystal clear sound and lively articulation that is unrivaled in terms of quality. You don't know what to admire more: The great works of

Emma Schmidt - Symphony No 5 / Cto PN & String Orchestra

a panda and a bunny join in on the adventures to help Raggedy Ann and Andy

inflected by the fiercely rhythmic folk idiom of Janácek and Bartók

The opera is perhaps best known for Dido's painfully beautiful lament When I am Laid in Earth

bassist Paul Starnes

Dyens arranged a couple of his songs

The challenges of life are as daunting as ever

Westvestkerk Schiedam (CD1)

David Grisman

A self-described folk satirist who has toured the country for more than a decade

sometimes abstract

Kreisberg's instrumental voice is zestful