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The third release in the complete Beethoven Violin Sonatas from James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong was eagerly awaited by their fans. The earlier albums received outstanding reviews. Gramophone said: ‘ With some discs, you can …

Brahms’ second Intermezzo in B-flat minor, Andante non troppo e con molto espressione, possesses a kind of sorrow,  and it displays a more reflective mood. One may associate this piece with the diffuse glow of …

I have been a long-time admirer of violinist Nicola Benedetti. Her playing is direct, always supremely confident, and totally musical. The Elgar concerto is historic in that it was a young Yehudi Menuhin who travelled …

Helene Grimaud was born in 1969 in Aix-en-Provence, France, and She began her piano studies at the local conservatory with Jacqueline Courtin before going on to work with Pierre Barbizet in Marseille. She was accepted into …

Every portrait of Beethoven seems to drive home the impression that he was a composer whose music was emotional, often sad, brooding, and passionate. And while that was certainly the case, the masterful Emperor Concerto …