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The Sibelius violin concerto opens with the most magical, naturally expressive of themes, given to the soloist almost immediately, like the beginning of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, a work Sibelius played as a student. The …

Pianist Sviatoslav Richter was born in Zhitomir, Russia but grew up in Odessa. Unusually, he was largely self-taught although his organist father provided him with a basic education in music. Even at an early age, …

Korean-born pianist Yeol Eum Son has been praised for her rich concerti repertoire, ranging from Bach, all-Mozart, early German and Russian Romantic to Gershwin, Szymanowski, Ligeti and Salonen. As a soloist Yeol Eum has collaborated …

The Symphony #5 by Austrian composer Gustav Mahler begins in a loud and bombastic way with a trumpet solo that is followed soon with many Brass instruments joining in. At some point, however, listener requires …

The Ravel Quartet’s idyllic opening movement is an illustration of how Ravel’s scoring can be both delicate and lush. The ambling first theme is unimposing, indeed casual sounding, yet it dominates the entire movement. There …