Review: Denis Plante and Stéphane Tétreault, “Suite Tango”
Imagine, if you will, if Johann Sebastian Bach had encountered tango music or a bandoneón, would he have written in that style or for…
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Charles Richard-Hamelin: Live at the Kennedy Center
Recently, Team GDW traveled down to the storied Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, to hear Québecois pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin perform an all-Chopin recital. This…
Louis Lortie With the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Walking into a concert hall has always brought me a level of anticipation that can’t be matched elsewhere, particularly for a classical concert. The…
Lesley Carter: 2022 Fave 20 Albums List
Although I unfortunately seldom have the opportunity to write full reviews for our site as Martin does, that doesn’t mean I haven’t been listening…
Single Review: Fire & Grace, “Libertango”
You know the sensation – you have a sharp emotion, or a tangle of emotions, and you can’t immediately find the words to accurately…
Marc-André Hamelin Brings Brilliance to Bach (C.P.E. Bach, That Is)
While many of us are familiar with the works of Johann Sebastian Bach to some extent, the music of his sons – several of…
Martin Noakes: 2021 Top Twenty Album List
As we approach the final week of 2021, my mind has a flashback to March 2020, when our lives were turned upside down. Daily…
Steve Murphy: 2021 Top Ten Canadian Album List
What a crazy year 2021 has turned out to be. Perhaps because of shipping delays, or perhaps because of the reviews for this site,…
Single Release: Zachary Greer (ft. Pallmer), “Final Breath”
“A case of mistaken identity threw two attorneys, George Frederick Street and George Ludlow Wetmore, into fits of rage. With their reputations on the…
Review: Parler bien, “histoires du comté d’essex”
Every once in a long while, you stumble upon a piece of music that immediately moves. In a matter of moments, it reaches from…