Happy new year listeners. Welcome to indie classical spotlight. Today’s episode we will be playing several sonata pieces from our classical collection.

After 35 years of success the world over, including many award-winning recordings and newly commissioned works, the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio continues to dazzle audiences and critics alike with their performances.


The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, Joseph Kalichstein, Jaime Laredo, Sharon Robinson
"Trio in B-flat Major, D. 898: I. Andante moderato" (mp3)
from "Franz Schubert: The Piano Trios and Arpeggione Sonata"
(Bridge Records, Inc.)

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An Oregon native, Marcia Hadjimarkos received degrees in piano performance and French literature from the University of Iowa. She has been devoted to the fortepiano and clavichord since the 1980s, and studied with Jos van Immerseel at the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in 1993-94.


Marcia Hadjimarkos
"16 Deutsche Tänze, D 783" (mp3)
from "Franz Schubert: Sonata & Dances for Fortepiano"
(Arabesque Recordings)

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From the beginning of the first movement in Sonata No. 1, you can hear a tender, restrained longing behind the notes, which in turn helps illuminate the passionate outbursts that erupt in the First and especially the Third Sonatas. Zina Schiff has the emotional equipment to convey her powerful reading of these works.


Zina Schiff, Cameron Grant
"Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78" (mp3)
from "Brahms: Sonatas for Violin and Piano"
(MSR Classics)

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Robert Quinney is a sub-Organist of Westminster Abbey. In addition to his work at the Abbey, he has a busy freelance career as soloist, ensemble player, and writer on music. In 2002 Quinney was named Royal College of Organists Performer of the Year.


Robert Quinney
"Sonata I in E Flat Major BWV 525" (mp3)
from "Bach: Trio Sonatas For Organ"
(Coro)

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