Helene Grimaud Plays My Favorite Beethoven Sonata
I have listened to a whole lot of pianists perform the Sonata #31, Opus 110 by Beethoven. Today I heard Ms. Grimaud play it, and I was in awe! What sound, and what a lyricism! …
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David Oistrakh Plays Mozart’s Sonatas
I am sharing with you the video I heard very early today: violinist David Oistrakh and pianist Paul Badura Skoda performing the music of Mozart. Mozart completed the Sonata in E flat major, K481, on …
Yuja Wang Plays the “Rach 3”
The Piano Concerto #3 by Rachmaninov has earned a reputation as one of the most technically daunting of all the standard piano concertos, and pianists have often cited it as a sort of Everest they …
Alban Berg Quartet Plays Schubert’s Quartet #14
Composer Franz Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” string quartet is a somber work, with all four of its movements set in a minor key. It takes its name from the composer’s lied Der Tod und …
Beethoven’s Piano Sonata #27, Op. 90
Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorzutragen. (With liveliness and with feeling and expression throughout. Not too fast, …