We continue our survey of music recorded live at the Token Creek Chamber Music Festival. Episode #73 of the "DCD Classical 'Cast" features selections from the Token Creek release of Beethoven piano trios. Fascinating interpretations with that excitement that only live performances seem to have.
In 1842 Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (brother of Felix) completed her cycle of characteristic piano pieces, "Das Jahr." Each of the twelve movements is named after a month, and each paints a different musical mood. 
Hans Fagius performs a program of Bach on the 1728 Cahman Organ in Sweden. We've just uploaded sound files for this outstanding Musica Rediviva release, "Bach at Leufsta Bruk." So you can listen -- before you buy!
In honor of the recent debut of the documentary "Lost Souls," we're proud to offer the CD that started it all. "Lost Souls, Psych of the South, Volume 1" presents heaping slabs of garage psych by the Lost Souls, the Blue and the Grey, and other Arkansas bands.
We're especially proud of our friends at Psych of the South. Their first release, "Lost Souls" lovingly gathered together and restored 1960's psychedelic and garage band rarities from their native Arkansas.
Episode #66 of the "DCD Classical 'Cast" showcases the latest release from the Seattle Pro Musica. "American Masterpieces" presents an engaging recital of American choral works. We sample excerpts from "Reincarnations" by Samuel Barber, as well as Leonard Bernstein's "Chichester Psalms," and music by Morten Lauridsen.
Finishing up scripts for the next 2 episodes of the DCD Classical 'Cast. Recording voice tracks for both tonight! We'll have a program featuring the Seattle Pro Musica's latest release "American Masterpieces," and another that will have (at least in part) selection from Vartan Manoogian's CD Henk Badings: Trio-Cosmos.
Over the weekend we've added sound files to our webpage for "Robert Muczynski, Composer, Pianist in Recital, Vol. II." This CD documents the latter part of Muczynski's career from 1970 through 1994, and features several works that have become piano repertoire standards.
We just added sound files for Henk Bading's "Trio-Cosmos," as we continue to upgrade our website. Vartan Manoogian turns in a remarkable solo performance of these violin trios. (How does he do it? Overdubbing, of course).
We just finished adding sound files for all the tracks on the Seattle Pro Musica release, "American Masterpieces."
The latest episode of the "DCD Classical 'Cast" features two unique solo artists: Jerome Mouffe, and Les Timming. Mouffe's an up-and-coming young classical guitarist whose debut recording, "Capriccio" displays sublime virtuosity.
We're continuing to upgrade our website -- and adding sample sound files for all selections is a big part of that! We just finished adding audio clips for "Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Volume 2."
We're still trying to catch up on our release schedule for the "DCD Classical 'Cast." Server issues delayed them for a while, and now we have some compatibility problems that should soon be under control.
At long last, episode #63 of the "DCD Classical 'Cast" is now available. The program features two recordings by oboist Mark Fink. "Music for Strings" pairs him with members of the Pro Arte Quartet, while "Russian Music for Oboe of the Twentieth Century" pairs the solist with the University of Wisconsin Madison Russian Folk Orchestra for some rousing folk song arrangements.DCD Classical 'Cast episode #60 posted. The podcast showcases the new Laurel Record release, Ernest Bloch - Music for Viola. Remember, you don't need an iPod to enjoy a podcast! You can just listen on your computer (PC or Mac -- or even Linux).
The latest release from Laurel Records continues their line of Ernest Bloch recordings. "Music for Viola" features four different settings for the viola. In addition to the "Suite Hebraique" for viola and orchestra (one of Bloch's most famous compositions), the CD also includes his suite for viola and string quartet, viola and piano, and even for solo viola.
