DCD 002 - Artist-run labels

Our second podcast continues our survey of the independent classical labels we carry. This time, we focus on artist-run labels. In order to have the freedom to make (and record) the music they want to, some artists create their own record labels.

Vanity projects? If these were self-taught amateurs, perhaps. But when the performer is a professional musician who has gone through intense training for a career in classical music — I think not. At their best, self-recorded artists can deliver exciting, deeply personal performances that can't be found anywhere else.

To demonstrate that point, we play the following selections:

DeGaetano: Crystonyx - Robert DeGaetano, piano
(Crystonyx)

Bach: Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 (Adagio and Fuga) - Garrett Fischbach, violin
(Fischbach)

Beethoven: Romance in F major, Op. 50 - Patricia McCarty, viola; Martin Amlin, piano
(Ashmont Music)