Connoisseur Society

The artistic director is David Allen Ware.

In the studio with me, the Dean of Music and part of the faculty of Duquesne University recorded a fabulous pianist on the Connoisseur Society.

And I'm so excited as he introduces the brand new season of Music on the Bluff, which is focused on Brahms this year.

Brahms on the Bluff.

Absolutely.

Cynthia and I have known each other since we were students, but we've been playing together professionally since 1996.

And in 1997, one of our first projects was to record for connoisseur society, all the Hungarian dances and waltzes of Brahms, which were originally written for piano duet.

That's two people at one piano.

recordings.

No, I'll just say, I mean, one of the most influential recordings in my life is the Connoisseur Society recordings, which were later released on our family label as a signature series, Volume 1, Raghchandra Nandan.

That one for me is, you know, probably I've listened to more than any of the other recordings.

I feel like there's so much contained within that.