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VICTOR ALEXEEFF – Classics Unleashed

May 28, 2022

Victor Alexeeff 2022 Ontarian romanticist puts a synthetic spin on symphonic fare and suffuses familiar tunes with fresh tones. Locating Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D on any artist’s album is akin to a litmus test for presence of pop … Continue reading →

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TOM SALVATORI – Seven Guitar Miniatures

April 17, 2022

Salvatori Productions 2021 With seven wonders sculpted out of six strings, Chicagoan sonic wizard evokes the wind of fantasy. A precocious player who won classical guitar competition at 15 years of age and was schooled, in his brother’s company, under … Continue reading →

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MARKUS REUTER with MANNHEIMER SCHLAGWERK – Sun Trance

September 26, 2020

MoonJune 2020 Reaching for the light, interdisciplinary collective invite a kindred spirit to show them the way. Traditionally perceived as a prog player, Markus Reuter has much more strings to his talent than the eye meets on the fretboard this … Continue reading →

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PEPPINO D’AGOSTINO – ConneXion

March 16, 2020

Peppino D’Agostino 2020 “X” marking the spot, Sicilian axeman’s exquisite pieces seek out a route to one psyche. It’s telling that, decades after his crossing the Atlantic, Peppino D’Agostino is still perceived as Italian musician, because European classical tradition still … Continue reading →

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NAPA VALLEY DUO – An American In Paris

December 26, 2018

IAC 2018 Sophomore effort from small instrumental unit with intrepid aspiration to grasp the grand scheme of things. It doesn’t sound overtly experimental, what cello player Jeffrey McFarland-Johnson and pianist Terry Winn do – because their arrangements can’t be too … Continue reading →

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