Music from Scotland: Maxwell Quartet Plays Haydn
The Maxwell Quartet is a fine group of musicians who clearly love the music of Joseph Haydn! Their new album features the three quartets Opus 71. What is unique in this music is the fact …
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Schubert’s Symphony #9 “The Great”
Franz Schubert’s so called “Great” Symphony #9 was sketched during the summer of 1825, a year after the completion of Beethoven’s epic Ninth Symphony. This “Great” C major Symphony was a radical departure from the small-scale …
Great Music by Arnold Schoenberg
Composer Arnold Schoenberg’s early String Sextet version of ‘Verklärte Nacht’ (Transfigured Night) op.4 dates from 1899. He later made an arrangement for string orchestra in 1943. It is a work heavily indebted to Wagner, and especially …
Lise Davidsen Sings Lieder by Strauss and More…
Soprano Lise Davidsen allows us to listen to her amazing voice in a selection of Richard Strauss’s most-loved lieder and other songs. This recording also includes Richard Strauss’ Four Last Songs, and some selections by Richard …
The Octet by Franz Schubert
While this is not a new recording, the music it carries is a masterpiece! Schubert: Octet in F major, D803 Performed by the Consort of London Movement titles: I. Adagio – Allegro II Adagio III. …