Der Getreue Music Meister was German music periodical edited by George Philipp Telemann, and it featured actual sheet music—brand new compositions by contemporary composers of the day. This album showcases twenty-eight particularly nimble selections from this journal, many by Telemann himself as well as several other composers. It’s Janine Johnson’s most exuberant and agile work • Read More »
Known for the intricate artwork with which she adorns world-class harpsichords, the multitalented Janine Johnson is also a gifted harpsichordist and pianist in her own right. Her style of playing is elegant yet extremely agile, and she has performed extensively in the Bay Area and beyond. Ms. Johnson began her musical studies on the modern • Read More »
Her first Magnatune release is our all-time best-selling album, and now Lara St. John’s “awe-inducing” recording of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo is here as well. When most classical artists record technically challenging works like this one, they typically have to repeat certain phrases over and over during the recording process, but when • Read More »
Here comes Lara St. John’s newest recording, featuring the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela and Eduardo Marturet. The disc features Antonio Vivaldi’s seminal work, the Four Seasons, which is the top-selling classical work of all time. There is tremendous interest in this orchestra, and this is the first time it has recorded with St. • Read More »
Described as “something of a phenomenon” by The Strad magazine and a “high-powered soloist” by the New York Times, Canadian-born violinist Lara St. John has performed as soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony, the Montreal Symphony, the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra of Budapest, among many others, and given recitals around • Read More »