Symphony #5 by Schubert
Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 is often described as a work which pays homage to the Classical masters Mozart and Haydn. The fresh opening of the Allegro is lightness itself. Jaunty and tuneful, the principal themes …
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Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio Opus 49
Mendelssohn’s D minor Trio demonstrates a delightful style, and winning themes, frequently announced on the cello, with often tormented Romanticism. In the stormy first movement we hear the innocent theme transformed into an ensuing frenzied …
Evgeny Kissin Plays Bach’s Siciliano,BWV 1031
The SICILIANO is an Italian dance (in English Siciliana; in French Sicilienne), usually in a minor key, in the meter of 6/8, which uses the distinctive rhythmic figure: dotted eighth, sixteenth, eighth. This theme has …
Piano Sonata #15 by Schubert
When Schubert’s C major Piano Sonata, D840 was first published in 1861, it was given the title Relique in the mistaken belief that it was the composer’s last work. In fact, it was composed in April 1825, …
Passionate Tchaikovsky by Anne-Sophie Mutter
Tchaikovsky’s only violin concerto was composed in 1878, with the first performance not until 1881 by the Vienna Philharmonic with soloist Adolf Brodsky. Having been composed in the latter part of his career, it was …