Artek Recordings is a low-key indie with a modest website -- there is no "About us" on the webpage and the prompt that leads to an e-commerce link takes you to another webpage. Artek's packaging, too, is not terribly fancy; the disc under consideration has only an eight-page booklet made up of two panels. However, Artek is well distributed for a label of its means and boasts some of the most exciting concert artists on the scene -- violinists Elmar Oliveira, Aaron Rosand, and Ani Kavafian; pianists Jorge Federico Osorio and ...
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Artek Recordings is a low-key indie with a modest website -- there is no "About us" on the webpage and the prompt that leads to an e-commerce link takes you to another webpage. Artek's packaging, too, is not terribly fancy; the disc under consideration has only an eight-page booklet made up of two panels. However, Artek is well distributed for a label of its means and boasts some of the most exciting concert artists on the scene -- violinists Elmar Oliveira, Aaron Rosand, and Ani Kavafian; pianists Jorge Federico Osorio and Anton Nel; and even the Seattle Symphony under Gerard Schwarz. These are artists the major labels would be recording if they were (a) not suffocating due to their own overhead and (b) genuinely in pursuit of what is relevant in classical music. While we might be intrigued by the mystique of Artek in being able to assemble such talent under its low-hanging banner, we'll nonetheless gladly accept the musical benefits thereof -- particularly when it entails being able to enjoy...
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