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Robert Schumann instructed the performers of his violin Sonata to do so with “Leidenschaftlichem Austdruck” (German for Passionate Expression). And right from the start, I connect with this requirement for expressiveness. After all, the composer …

The opening movement of the Beethoven quartet Op. 59 No. 2 announces its compositional ambition with a symphonic call to attention and a charged silence, before launching into a dense and nervous exposition of remarkably …

Mozart’s Sonata in D Major, K. 311 contains elaborate pianistic content and an exciting sonata-rondo finale with a cadenza worthy of one of Mozart’s concertos. The flashy third movement is full of many contrasts involving …

Born to German-Slovak parents, Julia Fischer began violin lessons aged three.At the age of six, Fisher began lessons at the Leopold Mozart Conservatory in Augsburg and three years later became a pupil of Ana Chumachenco …

RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949) Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40, “A Hero’s Life” The key of E-flat major is the heroic key in music.  As such, its roots are usually traced to Beethoven’s “Eroica” symphony, but in fact, …