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Franz Schubert’s decision to use a second cello (rather than the second viola characteristic of Mozart’s quintets) permited him to explore the string trio texture in the middle of the ensemble, while making embellishments with …

Johannes Brahms was an absolute master of writing for the piano. He knew the sonorities of the instrument so well. As this expansive, four-movement concerto demonstrates, he was able to blend beauty with fire and …

Written in 1815 when Schubert was 18, the Third Symphony is notably concise, and shorter than the composer’s first two symphonies. But it also foreshadows ideas that would expand the scale of the symphony in …

Violinist Valeriy Sokolov is one of the most outstanding young artists of his generation. Working regularly with the world’s leading orchestras, he has enjoyed collaborations with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Cleveland Orchestra, …

The third movement of the Symphony #5 by Gustav Mahler has the power to transport me to another place. In this third movement of the symphony, Mahler tells the conductor three times and in two …