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For me and for every young violinist the sound of Schubert’s sonatinas for violin and piano is very familiar. The title “sonatinas” is sometimes used, and it is derived from the posthumous score of 1836; …

Francesco Piemontesi is a pianist with a wide repertory and he specialization in Mozart and the early Romantics. He has appeared with many leading orchestras and at major venues in Europe and the U.S., performing …

Beethoven wrote his first violin sonatas, a set of three (Op. 12) in 1797-98. Six more appeared by early 1803, making a fairly compressed time span for a medium in which Beethoven was to write …

The song “Nacht und Traume” by Franz Schubert was created out of a combination of two of Collin’s poems. It was meant as a memorial and tribute to the poet, a greatly admired friend of …

Martha Argerich is 80 years young today. She has brought us so much enjoyment! Many happy Returns…