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Feature Articles in Issue 49:1 (Sept/Oct 2025)

A Primer for Dishonest Critics

FEATURE REVIEW: ROMMEREIM: Merwin Songs. Time and Wind. The... (Charlotte Mundy)

Confessions of an Unapologetic Opinionator

FEATURE REVIEW: ROMMEREIM: Merwin Songs. Time and Wind. The... (Charlotte Mundy)

The Joys of Blind Tasting

FEATURE REVIEW: ROMMEREIM: Merwin Songs. Time and Wind. The... (Charlotte Mundy)

We Don’t Know Anything

FEATURE REVIEW: ROMMEREIM: Merwin Songs. Time and Wind. The... (Charlotte Mundy)

Why Would Anyone Write Classical Music?

“Making Lesser-Known Music Known Should Be Our Mission”: An Interview with Austrian Violinist Petra Samhaber-Eckhardt

Endangered Species Listening

FEATURE REVIEW: SCHENCK: Sonatinas II, IV, and XV. Capriccios... (Petra Samhaber-Eckhardt)

Why Gregorian Chant Endures, Part 2

FEATURE REVIEW: SCHENCK: Sonatinas II, IV, and XV. Capriccios... (Petra Samhaber-Eckhardt)

Folk Music and the Piano—A Marriage with an Age Gap: An Interview with Pianist Anya Alexeyev

FEATURE REVIEW: SCHENCK: Sonatinas II, IV, and XV. Capriccios... (Petra Samhaber-Eckhardt)

FEATURE REVIEW: FOLK TRAILS (Anya Alexeyev)

FEATURE REVIEW: SCHENCK: Sonatinas II, IV, and XV. Capriccios... (Petra Samhaber-Eckhardt)

FEATURE REVIEW: FOLK TRAILS (Anya Alexeyev)

FEATURE REVIEW: SCHENCK: Sonatinas II, IV, and XV. Capriccios... (Petra Samhaber-Eckhardt)

FEATURE REVIEW: FOLK TRAILS (Anya Alexeyev)

“I Still Think ‘Old School’”: An Interview with Composer David Sampson

FEATURE REVIEW: FOLK TRAILS (Anya Alexeyev)

FEATURE REVIEW: SAMPSON, DAVID: Undercurrents Re­dux... (Amy Porter)

FEATURE REVIEW: FOLK TRAILS (Anya Alexeyev)

FEATURE REVIEW: SAMPSON, DAVID: Undercurrents Re­dux... (Amy Porter)

Satie Surprises: A Conversation with Christina Bjørkøe

FEATURE REVIEW: SAMPSON, DAVID: Undercurrents Re­dux... (Amy Porter)

FEATURE REVIEW: SATIE: Petite ouverture à danser. Musiques... (Christina Bjørkøe)

FEATURE REVIEW: SAMPSON, DAVID: Undercurrents Re­dux... (Amy Porter)

FEATURE REVIEW: SATIE: Petite ouverture à danser. Musiques... (Christina Bjørkøe)

Meet Werner Heinrich Schmitt—Composer, Pianist, and Teacher

FEATURE REVIEW: SATIE: Petite ouverture à danser. Musiques... (Christina Bjørkøe)

FEATURE REVIEW: SCHMITT, WERNER HEINRICH: Vier Lieder zu Gedichten von Hermann... (Werner Heinrich Schmitt)

FEATURE REVIEW: SATIE: Petite ouverture à danser. Musiques... (Christina Bjørkøe)

FEATURE REVIEW: SCHMITT, WERNER HEINRICH: Vier Lieder zu Gedichten von Hermann... (Werner Heinrich Schmitt)

FEATURE REVIEW: SATIE: Petite ouverture à danser. Musiques... (Christina Bjørkøe)

FEATURE REVIEW: SCHMITT, WERNER HEINRICH: Vier Lieder zu Gedichten von Hermann... (Werner Heinrich Schmitt)

“I’m Home, Where I Can Stay Myself”: An Interview with Violinist Elena Denisova

FEATURE REVIEW: SCHMITT, WERNER HEINRICH: Vier Lieder zu Gedichten von Hermann... (Werner Heinrich Schmitt)

FEATURE REVIEW: BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: Three Sonatas for Solo Violin (Elena Denisova)

FEATURE REVIEW: SCHMITT, WERNER HEINRICH: Vier Lieder zu Gedichten von Hermann... (Werner Heinrich Schmitt)

Unearthing Peter Gast’s Lieder: An Interview with Robert B. Dundas

FEATURE REVIEW: SCHMITT, WERNER HEINRICH: Vier Lieder zu Gedichten von Hermann... (Werner Heinrich Schmitt)

FEATURE REVIEW: GAST: Vier Lieder, op. 2. Vier Gseänge,... (Elena Galván)

FEATURE REVIEW: SCHMITT, WERNER HEINRICH: Vier Lieder zu Gedichten von Hermann... (Werner Heinrich Schmitt)

FEATURE REVIEW: GAST: Vier Lieder, op. 2. Vier Gseänge,... (Elena Galván)

More than Muses : Tabea Schwartz on Female Creative Power in the Golden Age

FEATURE REVIEW: GAST: Vier Lieder, op. 2. Vier Gseänge,... (Elena Galván)

FEATURE REVIEW: MORE THAN MUSES: Female Creative Power in the... (Tabea Schwartz)

FEATURE REVIEW: GAST: Vier Lieder, op. 2. Vier Gseänge,... (Elena Galván)

FEATURE REVIEW: MORE THAN MUSES: Female Creative Power in the... (Tabea Schwartz)

Perfect Together: Satie and Cage

Is Classical Music Still Worth Our Money?: An Interview with Record Producer Christine Schweitzer

FEATURE REVIEW: SATIE; CAGE, JOHN (Luisa Guembes-Buchanan)

A Conversation with Stephen Stubbs

FEATURE REVIEW: SATIE; CAGE, JOHN (Luisa Guembes-Buchanan)

FEATURE REVIEW: TELEMANN, GEORG PHILIPP: Suite in D... (Stephen Stubbs)

FEATURE REVIEW: SATIE; CAGE, JOHN (Luisa Guembes-Buchanan)

FEATURE REVIEW: TELEMANN, GEORG PHILIPP: Suite in D... (Stephen Stubbs)

Chopin’s Nocturnes—The Ekier Edition with the Composer’s Variants: An Interview with Tom Hicks

FEATURE REVIEW: TELEMANN, GEORG PHILIPP: Suite in D... (Stephen Stubbs)

FEATURE REVIEW: CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC: 21 Nocturnes (Tom Hicks)

FEATURE REVIEW: TELEMANN, GEORG PHILIPP: Suite in D... (Stephen Stubbs)

FEATURE REVIEW: CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC: 21 Nocturnes (Tom Hicks)

Naresh Sohal, Composer 1939–2018: A Comprehensive Introduction by Janet Swinney

FEATURE REVIEW: CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC: 21 Nocturnes (Tom Hicks)

FEATURE REVIEW: SOHAL: String Quartets No. 1, Chiaro­scuro... (Piatti Qrt)

Never Enough Mozart: A Discussion with Pianist Ran Jia

Exploring Rare String Quartet Repertoire: An Interview with Michael Trainor of the Piatti Quartet

FEATURE REVIEW: MOZART: Piano Sonatas in B♭, K 281; in... (Ran Jia)

FEATURE REVIEW: SOHAL: String Quartets No. 1, Chiaro­scuro... (Piatti Qrt)

FEATURE REVIEW: MOZART: Piano Sonatas in B♭, K 281; in... (Ran Jia)

FEATURE REVIEW: SOHAL: String Quartets No. 1, Chiaro­scuro... (Piatti Qrt)

FEATURE REVIEW: MOZART: Piano Sonatas in B♭, K 281; in... (Ran Jia)

FEATURE REVIEW: SOHAL: String Quartets No. 1, Chiaro­scuro... (Piatti Qrt)

FEATURE REVIEW: MOZART: Piano Sonatas in B♭, K 281; in... (Ran Jia)

FEATURE REVIEW: SOHAL: String Quartets No. 1, Chiaro­scuro... (Piatti Qrt)

FEATURE REVIEW: MOZART: Piano Sonatas in B♭, K 281; in... (Ran Jia)

FEATURE REVIEW: SOHAL: String Quartets No. 1, Chiaro­scuro... (Piatti Qrt)

FEATURE REVIEW: MOZART: Piano Sonatas in B♭, K 281; in... (Ran Jia)

FEATURE REVIEW: SOHAL: String Quartets No. 1, Chiaro­scuro... (Piatti Qrt)

FEATURE REVIEW: MOZART: Piano Sonatas in B♭, K 281; in... (Ran Jia)

“There was music in our house all the time”: A Conversation with Finnish Organist Ville Urponen

It’s Springtime, and All We Need is a Portrait of Beauty : An Interview with Pianist Jingci Liu

FEATURE REVIEW: RAPHAEL, G.: Fantasie und Fuge über einen finnischen... (Ville Urponen)

FEATURE REVIEW: PORTRAIT OF BEAUTY (Jingci Liu)

FEATURE REVIEW: RAPHAEL, G.: Fantasie und Fuge über einen finnischen... (Ville Urponen)

FEATURE REVIEW: PORTRAIT OF BEAUTY (Jingci Liu)

FEATURE REVIEW: RAPHAEL, G.: Fantasie und Fuge über einen finnischen... (Ville Urponen)

FEATURE REVIEW: PORTRAIT OF BEAUTY (Jingci Liu)

FEATURE REVIEW: RAPHAEL, G.: Fantasie und Fuge über einen finnischen... (Ville Urponen)

FEATURE REVIEW: PORTRAIT OF BEAUTY (Jingci Liu)

FEATURE REVIEW: RAPHAEL, G.: Fantasie und Fuge über einen finnischen... (Ville Urponen)

FEATURE REVIEW: PORTRAIT OF BEAUTY (Jingci Liu)

Le Clavecin Poétique —Beautiful, Expressive Music on a 400-Year-Old Harpsichord: An Interview with Tatjana Vorobjova

Between Somewhere and Goodbye: An Interview with Doug MacLeod

FEATURE REVIEW: LE CLAVECIN POÉTIQUE: The Celebrated “Colmar-Rückers”... (Tatjana Vorobjova)

FEATURE REVIEW: BETWEEN SOMEWHERE AND GOODBYE (Doug MacLeod)

FEATURE REVIEW: LE CLAVECIN POÉTIQUE: The Celebrated “Colmar-Rückers”... (Tatjana Vorobjova)

Troubadour: The Music, Songs, and Stories of David Malmberg

FEATURE REVIEW: LE CLAVECIN POÉTIQUE: The Celebrated “Colmar-Rückers”... (Tatjana Vorobjova)

FEATURE REVIEW: FORTEA: Estudios poeticos, op. 25... (David Malmberg)

FEATURE REVIEW: LE CLAVECIN POÉTIQUE: The Celebrated “Colmar-Rückers”... (Tatjana Vorobjova)

FEATURE REVIEW: FORTEA: Estudios poeticos, op. 25... (David Malmberg)

FEATURE REVIEW: LE CLAVECIN POÉTIQUE: The Celebrated “Colmar-Rückers”... (Tatjana Vorobjova)

The Interpretive Honesty of Roberto Moronn Pérez

FEATURE REVIEW: LE CLAVECIN POÉTIQUE: The Celebrated “Colmar-Rückers”... (Tatjana Vorobjova)

FEATURE REVIEW: GRAND FINALE: Andrés Segovia Archive (Roberto Moronn Pérez)

“The enduring power of music to express and heal”: An Interview with Chloe Chuyue Zhang

FEATURE REVIEW: GRAND FINALE: Andrés Segovia Archive (Roberto Moronn Pérez)

FEATURE REVIEW: PROKOFIEV, SERGEI; RACHMANINOFF; TCHAIKOVSKY (Chloe Chuyue Zhang)

FEATURE REVIEW: GRAND FINALE: Andrés Segovia Archive (Roberto Moronn Pérez)

FEATURE REVIEW: PROKOFIEV, SERGEI; RACHMANINOFF; TCHAIKOVSKY (Chloe Chuyue Zhang)

FEATURE REVIEW: GRAND FINALE: Andrés Segovia Archive (Roberto Moronn Pérez)

FEATURE REVIEW: PROKOFIEV, SERGEI; RACHMANINOFF; TCHAIKOVSKY (Chloe Chuyue Zhang)

FEATURE REVIEW: GRAND FINALE: Andrés Segovia Archive (Roberto Moronn Pérez)

Slightly Off the Beat

A Conversation with Composer John Rommereim

 

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