Category Archives: Classical

In late 2012 I was watching Pauw & Witteman, a well known Dutch TV talkshow, and they had an item about classical music. There was a young pianist explaining some of Händel’s suites for keyboard on the piano. They also … Continue reading →

After enjoying the first 2 volumes in her series of complete Mozart piano concertos so much, the purchase of Angela Hewitt’s 3rd disc in the series was a no brainer for me. The 2 concertos on this disc have always … Continue reading →

About a month ago when conductor Claudio Abbado died I found out about it on Steve Hoffman’s music forums. This is what I posted. Very sad to hear. His following recordings are among my favourite classical CDs: Bach – Brandenburger … Continue reading →

When I was growing up my dad used to buy quite a bit of classical music on CD after first getting a player. The titles on the Deutsche Grammophon label were always the expensive ones, always a bit more special … Continue reading →