These are five of the best instrumental selections I've heard today:
KAOS (Olympia, WA)
- Harvest-Yasmin Williams (Beautifully intertwined acoustic guitar and violin that remind me of Nickel Creek.)
KCUR-HD2 (Kansas City, MO)
- Sergei Rachmaninoff: Polichinelle in F-sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 4 (Kathryn Stott, piano) (A brisk, dramatic reading.)
- W.A. Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major, K.447: III. Allegro (Havana Lyceum Orchestra/Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor; Sarah Willis, horn) (Spirited call-and-response between the horn and strings.)
WDNA (Miami, FL)
- If I Were A Bell (Live)-Mulgrew Miller (Not just anyone can cook on the piano to this extent. Stretching a standard out for over 11 minutes this skillfully warrants respect.)
- Pups-Lemon City Trio (Forthright trumpet over a Pat Metheny-style backdrop.)
