'Beautifully phrased performances, graced with exquisite tone.' Fauré's Nocturnes span his creative life, from the charming Chopinesque salon pieces of his early years to the relentless, questioning... more

After the death of Janek in 1924, Martinu assumed the mantle of the leading Czech composer of the twentieth century. The chamber music on this disc abounds with the mosaic-like patterns, translucent... more

Opposites abound in George Rochberg' music, never more so perhaps than in Carnival Music, his only piano work to employ popular musical idioms, where one encounters exuberance and introspection,... more

George Rochberg' relationship with the past is not one of nostalgia; it is one of intimate, living familiarity.

REVIEWS American Record Guide - November / December 2009: 'Judging by this Schumann program [Sally Pinkas] is a force to be reckoned with and has a natural feeling for the peculiarities of the... more

There is a fire in the brain, in the mind, which comes from the universal fire that makes solar systems and galaxies, asteroid belts and comets, huge orbiting spirals, circles, loops that bend back... more

Rare music inspired by Robert Schumann, Ensemble Schumann, Thomas Gallant (oboe), Steve Larson (viola), Sally Pinkas (piano).

From CLASSICS TODAY: 'In 2002 I favorably reviewed Sally Pinkas' sensitive and perceptive Fauré Nocturnes cycle released on the Musica Omnia label. Her MSR disc containing the composer's complete... more