Edward Elgar’s “Enigma Variations”
The work’s origins were described by Elgar in a letter to his friend: “I have sketched a set of Variations on an original theme…The Variations have amused me because I’ve labelled ’em with the nicknames …
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Sir Roger Norrington Conducts Beethoven
Beethoven composed his piano concerto #5 at about 1799 to 1800. The opening movement has an aggressive cast, its C minor outbursts prefiguring in some sense the more thunderous C minor emotions of the Fifth …
Karl Goldmark’s Violin Concerto
Karl Goldmark composed his violin concerto in 1877, The premiere of the Violin Concerto was certainly held in Vienna on 10 November 1878, after the manuscript had been completed. The soloist, Johann Christoph Lauterbach, was …
Evgeny Kissin Plays Brahms
The Intermezzo Op. 118 No. 2 is the second of the Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118, that Johannes Brahms wrote for solo piano. Completed in 1893 and dedicated to Clara Schumann, the collection was …
Mozart Concerto for Two Pianos
Mozart composed 27 concerti for Piano and Orchestra. Many of these were done for his own performances in which he appeared as the soloist. One of his compositions was for two separate pianos, and, in …