The Cello Concerto by Edward Elgar
The Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, by Sir Edward Elgar was written for the most part during the summer of 1919 at Brinkwells, a cottage near Sussex. The composer conducted the London Symphony …
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The Concerto for Oboe, KV 314 by Mozart
The oboe concerto by Mozart was written in a traditional concerto form of fast-slow-fast structure. The first movement, Allegro aperto, is an unusual tempo marking, but one that Mozart liked at the time, producing generously …
Paganini’s Moto Perpetuo
Whenever I hear Paganini’s Moto Perpetuo (perpetual motion) I experience a sense of nostalgia. Back in 1950, I spent a year in Vienna, and I studied violin with Professor Aurel Nemesz. I can look back …
Alfred Brendel Plays Schubert’s Sonata D. 894
Of Schubert’s 12 complete solo piano sonatas, only three saw publication during the composer’s lifetime – the Sonata in G, D. 894 being the last one. Eclipsed by Beethoven’s work in this same medium, Schubert’s …
New York Classical Players Perform Mozart’s Divertimento K. 136
The Divertimento K. 136 shows Mozart’s early mastery over conventional forms and hints of the ingenuity to come. Normally a Divertimento is an unassuming work in several brief movements of varying characters, the divertimento was …