Evgeny Kissin Plays Rachmaninov’s Prelude Opus 32, #12
The Prelude in g# minor op. 32 no. 12 – along with its fellow works in c# minor and g minor – can rightfully claim its rank among the most popular and frequently played préludes …
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Alicia de Larrocha Plays Mozart’s Piano Sonata K570
Mozart composed his second-to-last piano sonata in February 1789, but it did not become known until five years after his death when it was published as a sonata for piano and violin! This B-flat major …
Radu Lupu Performs Schubert’s Impromptu #3
Pianist Radu Lupu died a few weeks ago. He was a renowned interpreter of the Austro-German school of composers, which includes Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, and Johannes Brahms, among others. The …
Joshua Bell Plays the Violin Concerto #3 by Saint-Saens
The Violin Concerto No. 3 by Camille Saint-Seans was composed in 1880, dedicated to and premiered by the wildly famous Spanish violinist and composer Pablo de Sarasate (1844 – 1908). Having already written six previous …
Bela Bartok’s “Concerto for Orchestra”
The score for “Concerto for Orchestra” was written in only two months at the health resort of Saranac Lake in upstate New York and completed on October 8, 1943. The first performance, an enormous success …