Symphony #4 by Anton Bruckner
Anton Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony is the only one of his nine to which he gave a subtitle. Bruckner’s music never seems to be in a great hurry, and the opening subject of the Fourth Symphony …
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Wendeline Van Houten Sings Lieder by Richard Strauss
Composer Richard Strauss and his wife, Pauline, were married for about 55 years. She was an operatic Soprano, and he wrote many songs for her. Most of these songs were highly emotional, and dealt with …
Kissin and Argerich Play Mozart’s Sonata KV 521
Mozart’s piano sonata KV 521 is one amazing composition. Two pianists sit at a single keyboard and they seemingly perform for each other’s pleasure. One pianist plays a theme. The partner responds; then later they …
My favorite Symphony by Schubert…
Composer Joseph Haydn composed 104 symphonies, but Schubert did just 9, and one of them was “unfinished”. But Schubert was only 31 when he died… My personal favorite is the Schubert #5, and the reason …
Pianist Elena Fischer-Dieskau’s New Recording
Several years ago, in 2017, I created my first post about pianist Elena Fischer-Dieskau. You can read that first post here: https://myclassicalnotes.com/2017/10/introducing-elena-fischer-dieskau-pianist/ Today I am writing again about Ms. Fischer-Dieskau, because her new CD has …