Caroline Oltmanns 5/31/20 Caroline Oltmanns 5/31/20

My Top 10 Recordings - no. 6: Fischer/WTC

A gold standard recording of a set of pieces that are in themselves gold standards of music.

Caroline Oltmanns 5/31/20 Caroline Oltmanns 5/31/20

My Top 10 Recordings - no. 5: Perahia/Songs Without Words

I love well programmed and thematic recordings, which is why I enjoy this 1999 CD of Murray Perahia so very much.

Caroline Oltmanns 5/31/20 Caroline Oltmanns 5/31/20

Larger than life: Arcadi Volodos's Carnegie Hall debut recital in 1998. If you feel starved for live music, this is the album to hear.

Caroline Oltmanns 5/27/20 Caroline Oltmanns 5/27/20

If someone were to asked me, what recordings I would take to a lonely island, I would put on top of my list Franz Schubert’s song cycle “Winterreise”

Caroline Oltmanns 5/27/20 Caroline Oltmanns 5/27/20

Growing up in Germany and moving through the music conservatory system meant playing lots of Bartòk

Caroline Oltmanns 5/27/20 Caroline Oltmanns 5/27/20

When I was about 5 or 6 years old my mom and I began listening together to music. We just sat and listened

Caroline Oltmanns 5/12/20 Caroline Oltmanns 5/12/20

Today I would like to share with you some thoughts (and a performance!) of a piece I have been working on. This one is quite a discovery for me

Caroline Oltmanns 4/7/20 Caroline Oltmanns 4/7/20

It is so important to stay strong in these times of uncertainty. We need to keep taking good care of ourselves as we care for our loved ones.