The Sonata #5 for violin and piano by Beethoven is a jewel that I have known since I heard it as a boy played by my father. While many of today’s artists play this pretty …
The Cello Concerto was Edward Elgar’s last major work for orchestra, and his most amazing, really! In spite of fleeting moments of idyllic release, it’s dominated by a sense of suffering that at times cries …
The Divertimento in E-flat major, K. 563 is a string trio written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1788, the year in which he completed his last three symphonies and his “Coronation” Piano Concerto. It is …
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin are a set of six which the composer began around 1703 and completed in 1720, but they were only published together more than 50 years after …
The Opera “Carmen” by George Bizet is one of the most famous works in that form. Many composers have created fantasies and variations on some of the well-known themes from this Opera. Here is Yuja …