Justin Dello Joio, Oceans Apart <br> BRIDGE 9583The featured work on this album of compositions by Justin Dello Joio is the American composer's new piano concerto, "Oceans Apart", composed for keyboard titan, Garrick Ohlsson. Ohlsson is joined by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Alan Gilbert, the artists who premiered the concerto in 2023. The program also includes chamber works performed by the New York Philharmonic's principal cellist, Carter Brey, with pianist Christopher O'Riley; and

with guitar solos by Granados and Tárrega

“Cellist Rosen and pianist Artymiw play these pieces with virtuosity and sensitivity

Jean Sibelius: String Quartet in D minor

poet Hilda Morley

Highlights include Benita Valente's gorgeous reading of Der Hirt auf dem Felsen

Chamber Ensemble

Ruders brings the story to life with bold

James Buswell

Hammer/Klavier:

This is a richly enjoyable CD

Great stuff

Throughout its history the quintet has commissioned and premiered the works of a wide range of composers