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At his recital debut at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, Crosett showed ability and fire to spare, with plenty of charisma and good humor to boot.

When is an improvisation more than an improvisation? When a spontaneous collaboration gels into something that's more the sum of its parts.

An arrangement for four cellos of Bach's Cello Suite No. 6 sounds surprisingly authentic; plus evocative music for (mostly) strings by Stanley Grill

Pianist Simone Dinnerstein played transcriptions of Bach's choral music and cellist Alexis Pia Gerlach joined her for the three gamba sonatas by Bach.

An exciting new piece by Brooklyn composer Herschel Garfein fit smoothly with Debussy and George Walker at Bargemusic.

Music by six Nordic composers, including Kullberg himself, allowed three fine musicians to focus on the cellist's ongoing search for new ways to build on the past century's musical traditions while forging his own path.

The award-winning cellist performs music by Nordic composers, including his longtime mentor and collaborator Per Nørgård, at National Sawdust Feb. 2.

New York-based cellist Inbal Segev continues to expand her range. The quality of the music in her latest program ranged from exhilarating to predictable. But her technique and sensitivity revealed all the works in advantageous light.

"With the rise of worldwide anti-Semitism, it has been difficult for me to program Jewish works. I remember a certain recital when I was asked to remove a suite of pieces by Ernest Bloch for fear of audience distaste."

'In a game, the focus is of course on game play, but the music seeps into the unconscious also – and is instantly recognizable if later heard.'