Khatia Buniatishvili Plays Brahms
Yes! While did not announce TWO pianists in the title of today’s post, Kahtia performs today with her sister. We hear wonderful music by Brahms
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Schubert’s “Trout” Quintet
Austrian composer Franz Schubert composed the Trout Quintet, in 1819 for piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass. That’s an unusual ensemble, but Schubert evidently wrote it for a group of musicians who had gathered …
Alina Ibragimova Plays Bach
The Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin by Johann Sebastian Bach date from the early 18th century. They are unusual in being totally played by violin alone, with no accompaniment of any kind; the most …
Andras Schiff Plays Bach’s BWV 866
J. S. Bach gave the title “Das Wohltemperirte Clavier” to a book of his preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys, dated 1722, composed “for the profit and use of musical youth desirous …
Haydn’s “Farewell” symphony
The story behind this symphony’s title is as follows: Back in the 1700’s, composer Joseph Haydn’s patron was resident together with all his musicians and staff at his favorite summer palace in rural Hungary. The …