We know that Franz Schubert composed his two piano trios in the last Six months of his life, along with the three piano sonatas, his cello quintet, his Schwanengesang (Swan Song), as well as other …
When Kirill Petrenko performed Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony with the Berliner Philharmoniker in March 2017, one critic was “stunned at how beautiful and breathtakingly exciting this music can be”. This first audio release of the orchestra …
For Gustav Mahler, composing his early symphonies meant “building a world”. His Ninth, however, seems more concerned with the deconstruction of this world – a look back, and a long farewell. In the draft of …
On this recording one has the opportunity to listen to two masterpieces by Mozart: Mozart: March in D, K249 Mozart: Serenade No. 7 in D major, K250 ‘Haffner’ I. Allegro Maestoso II. Andante III. Minuet …
The two orchestral works on this new CD reflect early experiments with the symphonic form by Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann, who would both later become such important Romantic composers. In his Third Symphony in …