Craig Maynard, host of Core Memory Music, has been interviewed several times by Mike Maino of WCRI Classical 95.9, the classical music radio station for southern Rhode Island and southeastern Connecticut. These interviews turned out rather well so we decided to share three of them here. The music heard during the interviews are excerpts from the listed recordings.


February 2019

Composer Title Artist Label
Ludwig van Beethoven 33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120 Nami Ejiri Genuin
Franz Schubert Fantasie in F minor, D. 940 Murray Perahia & Radu Lupu Sony
Frédéric Chopin Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60 Tiffany Poon Steinway
Samuel Barber Violin Concerto, Op. 14 Mayumi Kanagawa & Hsin-I Huang Colburn



October 2021

Composer Title Artist Label
Johann Sebastian Bach Partita No. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825 Murray Perahia Sony
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Trio No. 4 in E major, K. 542 Vienna Piano Trio Nimbus
Richard Strauss Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18 Sarah Chang & Wolfgang Sawallisch Angel
Claude Debussy Masques, L. 105 Jean-Yves Thibaudet Decca
Sergei Prokofiev Violin Sonata in D major, Op. 94a Benjamin Beilman & Yekwon Sunwoo Analekta



April 2022

Composer Title Artist Label
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Sonata No. 20 in C major, K. 303 Mark Steinberg & Mitsuko Uchida Decca
Robert Schumann Kreisleriana, Op. 16 Murray Perahia Sony
Johannes Brahms Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87 Ax-Kavakos-Ma Trio Sony
Claude Debussy Sonata for Cello and Piano, L. 135 Maurice Gendron & Jean Françaix Decca
Frédéric Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 Avery Gagliano Steinway