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 […]
Janine Johnson’s original suites showcase her considerable composition talents as well as the thoughtful harpsichord playing for which she is known. Janine is one of those artists who puts enormous quantities of consideration and attention to detail into her work, and it all comes out in the music. Rich tones, reflective work. 01-Suite in d […]
No one casts a larger shadow over eighteenth century Spanish keyboard music than the Italian Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757). His sonatas written after 1729 are full of imitations of the guitar, and folk tunes with their distinctive rhythms, harmonies and shifts between major and minor. Scarlatti’s genius is that his music preserves the intensity of its […]
01-Praeludium in g (Dietrich Buxtehude)-Janine Johnson-vbr.mp3 8.543.958 16/08/2016 20:06 02-Canzona in g (Dietrich Buxtehude)-Janine Johnson-vbr.mp3 2.195.030 16/08/2016 20:06 03-Fuga in G (Dietrich Buxtehude)-Janine Johnson-vbr.mp3 4.007.539 16/08/2016 20:06 04-In allgemeiner Landesnot (Johann Pachelbel)-Janine Johnson-vbr.mp3 2.296.047 16/08/2016 20:06 05-Auf das heilige Pfingstfest (Johann Pachelbel)-Janine Johnson-vbr.mp3 2.670.885 16/08/2016 20:06 06-Fuge in C (Dierich Buxtehude)-Janine Johnson-vbr.mp3 3.860.032 16/08/2016 20:06 […]
Recorded on a 1890 Broadwood grand piano, Janine Johnson’s Chopin interpretations of Frederic Chopin show off her elegant, agile style of playing as well as this Romantic-era composer’s full range of poetic expression. The waltzes are charming, the preludes delicate, and the nocturnes—rich. 01-Waltz KK IVa no12 in E major (Frederic Chopin)-Janine Johnson-vbr.mp3 3.033.955 16/08/2016 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
“Ambiencellist II” by Claire Fitch is available for free download (OGG format): 01-Cellosphere-Claire Fitch_.ogg 6.639.776 24/01/2016 18:54 02-Four Days-Claire Fitch_.ogg 5.363.582 24/01/2016 18:54 03-Full Cycle-Claire Fitch_.ogg 9.961.596 24/01/2016 18:54 04-Horizon-Claire Fitch_.ogg 6.269.149 24/01/2016 18:54 05-Longest Day-Claire Fitch_.ogg 6.734.752 24/01/2016 18:54 06-Mist-Claire Fitch_.ogg 4.582.017 24/01/2016 18:54 07-Seascape-Claire Fitch_.ogg 5.956.908 24/01/2016 18:54 08-Spectralcellist-Claire Fitch_.ogg 6.743.456 24/01/2016 18:54 […]