Category: 1879

1879, 1880, 1893, 2009, Music

Dvorak: Violin Concerto, Sonata and Sonatina (2009) by Jack Liebeck

This is a good summary of Dvorak’s violin music. Dvorak isn’t my favourite, but I enjoy him enough. As usual, I cannot really comment on the performance and how it relates to other performances as this is the first time I have heard these pieces. But the sound is good and Jack Liebeck sounds like …

1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1874, 1879, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1989, Music

The Songs of Henri Duparc (1989) by Sarah Walker, Thomas Allen, Roger Vignoles

For reasons I can’t quite articulate, I find lieder tough to get into. My first reaction is to be a little surprised that this guy’s status in the canon rests on this.