Dan Davis is a New York-based speechwriter, travel writer and music reviewer. He reviews audio equipment and classical music recordings for the preeminent high-end audio journal, The Absolute Sound. Davis also reviews classical releases for various print and Web publications, including Amazon.com and Classics Today, for whom he also does concert reviews. His speechwriting clients include prominent corporate and civic leaders and his travel writings appear in newspapers affiliated with Copley News Service, and magazines such as In Style and Diversions. He’s also authored six books on various historical subjects.
Dan Davis
Shostakovich & Schubert: An Odd Coupling?
Two string quartet concerts at Zankel Hall in October: the Belcea Quartet and the Danish String Quartet.
November 1, 2016
Shostakovich & Schubert: An Odd Coupling?
Two string quartet concerts at Zankel Hall in October: the Belcea Quartet and the Danish String Quartet.
November 1, 2016
Soloists Steal Spotlight in Carnegie Hall Concerts
Two international-class orchestras came to Carnegie Hall within two weeks of each other, performing under the capable batons of highly (and deservedly) acclaimed conductors.
March 9, 2016
Soloists Steal Spotlight in Carnegie Hall Concerts
Two international-class orchestras came to Carnegie Hall within two weeks of each other, performing under the capable batons of highly (and deservedly) acclaimed conductors.
March 9, 2016
Cincinnati Rides Tchaikovsky Warhorses to the Big Apple
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s January 6th concert in New York’s Lincoln Center spotlighted two major works by Russia’s pre-eminent Romantic composer in an all-Tchaikovsky program featuring his Piano Concerto No. 1 and his Fifth Symphony.
January 11, 2016
Cincinnati Rides Tchaikovsky Warhorses to the Big Apple
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s January 6th concert in New York’s Lincoln Center spotlighted two major works by Russia’s pre-eminent Romantic composer in an all-Tchaikovsky program featuring his Piano Concerto No. 1 and his Fifth Symphony.
January 11, 2016
The French Connection
No one’s about to launch a “Mostly Fauré Festival” these days but I found it interesting that a number of recent CD releases reflect his central position in French chamber music at the turn of the last century.
February 22, 2010
The French Connection
No one’s about to launch a “Mostly Fauré Festival” these days but I found it interesting that a number of recent CD releases reflect his central position in French chamber music at the turn of the last century.
February 22, 2010
Haydn Year Highlights 2.
Haydn’s symphonies, oratorios, and his operas leave one stunned at his inventiveness, but it’s the smaller ensemble works and piano sonatas that capture my heart.
November 10, 2009
Haydn Year Highlights 2.
Haydn’s symphonies, oratorios, and his operas leave one stunned at his inventiveness, but it’s the smaller ensemble works and piano sonatas that capture my heart.
November 10, 2009
Haydn Year Highlights 1.
The 200th anniversary of Haydn’s death has led predictably to an abundance of new releases and reissues of his music.
November 7, 2009
Haydn Year Highlights 1.
The 200th anniversary of Haydn’s death has led predictably to an abundance of new releases and reissues of his music.
November 7, 2009
Golden Oldies: A Century of Singing
Veteran collectors grew up on sandpaper vinyl from obscure labels like OASI (word had it that the letters stood for Old And Scratchy Indeed)…
September 14, 2009
Golden Oldies: A Century of Singing
Veteran collectors grew up on sandpaper vinyl from obscure labels like OASI (word had it that the letters stood for Old And Scratchy Indeed)…
September 14, 2009
Springtime with Bach
In the midst of my current Bach-fest, I came across a New Yorker article that quoted Schopenhauer’s distinction between talent and genius: “Talent is like the marksman who hits a target which others cannot reach; genius is like the marksman who hits a target as far as which others cannot see.”
April 28, 2009
Springtime with Bach
In the midst of my current Bach-fest, I came across a New Yorker article that quoted Schopenhauer’s distinction between talent and genius: “Talent is like the marksman who hits a target which others cannot reach; genius is like the marksman who hits a target as far as which others cannot see.”
April 28, 2009
Golden Oldies: EMI’s Icon Series — The Singers
….here are five Icon boxes that deliver many hours of great vocalism.
December 27, 2008
Golden Oldies: EMI’s Icon Series — The Singers
….here are five Icon boxes that deliver many hours of great vocalism.
December 27, 2008
Golden Oldies: EMI’s Icon Series — The Instrumentalists
EMI’s Icon Series, ambitious multi-disc boxed sets that restore to circulation the work of great musicians… offers newbies the opportunity to hear transcendent artists at the top of their game and gives veteran collectors opportunities to plug gaps in their CD shelves.
December 10, 2008
Golden Oldies: EMI’s Icon Series — The Instrumentalists
EMI’s Icon Series, ambitious multi-disc boxed sets that restore to circulation the work of great musicians… offers newbies the opportunity to hear transcendent artists at the top of their game and gives veteran collectors opportunities to plug gaps in their CD shelves.
December 10, 2008
Golden Oldies: The Sony Leon Fleisher Reissues
To those of us of a certain age, the name Leon Fleisher conjures memories of a lavishly gifted American pianist whose Columbia and Epic recordings schooled us in many of the basic works of the piano literature.
August 29, 2008
Golden Oldies: The Sony Leon Fleisher Reissues
To those of us of a certain age, the name Leon Fleisher conjures memories of a lavishly gifted American pianist whose Columbia and Epic recordings schooled us in many of the basic works of the piano literature.
August 29, 2008