Rachmaninov’s Symphony #2
It is amazing that Sergei Rachmaninov ever wrote a second symphony. He was so shattered by the terrible premiere of his first symphony in 1897—“the most agonizing hour of my life,” as he later put …
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Yuja Wang Joins the Czardas!
The Czardas is one wonderful folk melody from Hungary; It is a composition by Italian composer Vittorio Monti. A rhapsodical concert piece written in 1904, it is a well-known folkloric piece based on a Hungarian …
Florian Noack Plays the Music of Bach for You
Pianist Florian Noack was born in 1990 in Brussels. He began playing the piano at the age of 4, and at the age of 12 he entered the Queen Elisabeth Musical Chapel in the program …
Christiane Karg Sings the Music of Richard Strauss
Yes… I know… I have posted about this singer before, and also about the music of Richard Strauss. However, I enjoy both the composer and the performer so here we go again. Ms. Karg has …
Mitsuko Uchida Plays the Sarabande from Bach’s French Suite #5
Bach composed his ‘French’ suites as a young man of thirty, when he was working at the court of Köthen. However, the suites have nothing to do with the court. Bach wrote them for teaching …