Seong-Jin Cho Plays Schubert’s Sonata #19
The opening of this sonata is dramatic, with a forte C-minor chord. The most salient feature of the first theme is the sudden digression to A♭ major. Both themes progress somewhat in the style of …
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Janine Jansen Plays Schubert’s sonata in A-Major
Schubert composed his violin sonata in in A major in 1851. While the Sonata’s mood is predominantly relaxed and genial, the violin writing is more challenging than in the three sonatas of 1816. Schubert’s opening …
Grigori Sokolov Plays Bach’s Toccata BWV 914
The Toccata in E minor, BWV 914 is one of Bach’s least known works for keyboard. Most likely composed in either 1707 or 1708, it nevertheless portrays Bach’s developing composition style. The brief opening section …
Mozart’s Piano Concerto #19, Conducted by David Zinman
The Piano Concerto no. 19, KV 459 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was written in 1784. It is occasionally known as the “second coronation concerto” because Mozart played it on the occasion of the coronation of …
Helene Grimaud Plays Mozart’s “Ch’io Mi Scordi Di Te”
The amazing variety that Mozart compressed into the ten minutes of this work is remarkable even by his standards. The piece opens with a recitative for voice and strings, the winds and piano not making …