Until now I’ve resisted making such a list for   Classical Candor . One gets so busy at the end of the year, and I’m always so painfully awa...

Readers who have been with us for all of 2025 may have noticed that my contributions this year were pretty skimpy. (Then again, they are fr...

  by Bill Heck   Field: Nocturnes. Alice Sara Ott, piano. Deutsche Grammophon 4866239 Utter the word “nocturne“ to a lover of classical mus...

by Bill Heck John Field: Variations on a Russian Folk Song ; Alexander Glazunov: Theme and Variations, Op. 72 ; Pytor Tchaikovsky: 6 Piece...

Benjamin Frith, piano; David Haslam, Northern Sinfonia. Naxos 8.554221. If you aren't familiar with Irish composer John Field (1782-18...