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Composer Hector Berlioz set new goals for his music in the two works presented on this new CD: In Les Nuits d’été, Berlioz pioneered, well before Mahler and Ravel, a song cycle for voice and orchestra. …

Andreas Ottensammer is the principal clarinetist of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Here is a new recording by this fine clarinet virtuoso: Composers: Brahms, Johannes (1833-97) Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-47) Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826) Works: Brahms: Intermezzo …

I grew up while listening to the sonatas for violin and piano by Schubert, Mozart, and Beethoven. The final release in the critically acclaimed cycle of Beethoven’s violin sonatas, recorded live includes the wonderful 9th …

Scottland’s favorite violinist, Nicola Benedetti, celebrated a huge year for Scotland a few years ago with an album of its most famous and best loved music, featuring songs such as Loch Lomond, My Love is …

Violinist Diana Adamyan was born in Armenia in 2000, into a family of musicians. Her father, Hakob Adamyan, and mother, Nune Antashyan are violinists of the National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia. Diana Adamyan began her …