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One of the great Blessings in my life has been the fact that I learned to play violin at age 7. Much later, once I acquired some skills, was able to join several orchestras. I …

There are times when the music says it all, amd there are no words required. Pianist Evgeny Kissin plays the second concerto by Rachmaninov with thoughtful maturity. Explore it on your own:

I listened this morning to Mozart’s aria for soprano, piano and orchestra which is one of his most sublime compositions. The singer was Christine Karg, who performed this music beautifully. “Ch’io mi scordi di te? …

I listened yesterday to a new recording by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra perform the symphonies numbers 4 and 5 by Beethoven. The conductor was Philippe Jordan. My principal enjoyment came from two factors: Strict adherance …

The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, a symbol of tolerance and understanding between people, opens this recording with Jörg Widman’s Con brio and are then the orchestra is joined by the legendary Martha Argerich for Franz Liszt’s …