Mozart’s Amazing Piano Concerto #20
A little baby was born 265 years ago today! His name was Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. I listened to his musical masterpiece, and as popular as it is, I am still blown away by …
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Carlos Kleiber Conducts Johann Strauss!!
Conductor Carlos Kleiber is my all-time favorite conductor. Yes… he did not have a HUGE performance repertoire. And people say that he only worked when he was hungry… When it came to rehearsing and performing …
Helene Grimaud Performs the Brahms Piano Concerto #1
The opening sounds of the Brahms Piano Concerto #1 are meant to disturb, a stark jab of sound dominated by timpani, followed by string passages that seem to pull in different directions, as though struggling …
Gil Shaham Performs the Concerto by Samuel Barber
Samuel Barber composed his violin concerto in 1939. The nature of its origin led to the aspect that is the weirdest: the seeming incongruity between the character of the first two movements and that of …
Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Gavotte and Variations
French composer Jean Philippe Rameau was born on September 25th 1683. There is very little information on his early life. The first information about Rameau comes from after he gained eminence as a theorist of …