Kissin Plays Rachmaninov
The Prelude Opus 32, number 12 by Sergei Rachmaninov was composed in 1910. It complements his earlier Prelude in C♯ minor, Op. 3/2, and 10 Preludes, Op. 23, to complete the full set of 24 …
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Beethoven’s Symphony #1
It was a bold step for Beethoven to write his first symphony when Haydn’s final work in the same form was just five years old and Mozart’s Jupiter just twelve. But this was perhaps the …
Julia Fischer Performs the Passacaglia by Halvorsen
Composer Johan Halvorsen was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist. He became professor of music in Helsinki and continued his studies in St. Petersburg, Leipzig, Berlin and Liège.He received his musical education in Kristiania (now …
Martha Argerich Performs “Burleske” by Richard Strauss
Richard Strauss composed this twenty-minute single-movement composition for piano and orchestra between 1885 and 1886, when he was 21 years old. I suspect one of the reasons I like the piece so much is that …
Kathleen Battle Sings Bachianas Brasileiras #5
Bachianas brasileiras No. 5 has long been Villa- Lobos’s best-known work. Its two movements, written in 1938 and 1945, are scored for soprano and an eightpart cello ensemble. The Aria (Cantilena) opens with guitarlike pizzicati, …