BIRDS & INSECTS: ARLENE SIERRA, VOL. 4 <br> BRIDGE 9599Much of Arlene Sierras compositional output centers on the natural world, addressing the subjects of landscape, evolutionary biology, and the sounds, processes and behavior of birds and insects. Arranged into three books, Sierra's Birds and Insects comprises 15 movements composed across a twenty year period. The three books are performed brilliantly here by pianists Steven Beck (Books 1 and 2) and Sarah Cahill (Book 3). The album is the fourth in

London Symphony Orchestra

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and is in effect a study in sustained playing and refined tone

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

The excitement surrounding the release of La Tanya Hall's solo debut disc was expressed by American song specialist Michael Feinstein

had recorded most of Carter's solo piano music over the course of his long career

the British organist

Ohlsson's concentration and dynamic control are mesmerizing

“I can promise you that Duncan never sings a line that is not clear and comprehensible

Wiek Hijmans

and the sound is excellent

The movement reaches an exalted climax