Yuja Wang Plays the Rachmaninov Concerto #3
If you are a music lover, then you likely said: Oh yes! I know the music and I know the performer. I listened to them yesterday, and I was thrilled. Here is the music with …
Composers Archive
Robert Schumann’s Violin Sonata
The violin sonata no. 1 by Robert Schumann was composed during the week of 12 – 16 September, 1851. It was given its official premiere by Clara Schumann and violinist Ferdinand David in March 1852. …
The Piano Concerto in G-Major by Maurice Ravel
Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G begins with the crack of a whip, startling the orchestra’s piccolo into action. The scene seems set for a race. Before a minute has passed, each of the concerto’s …
Mozart’s Wonderful “Dissonance” Quartet
Dissonance Quartet, byname of String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K 465, string quartet (a type of chamber music for two violins, viola, and cello) in four movements by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was …
Beethoven’s String Quartet Opus 130
Beethoven worked on his Quartet Op. 130 intensively in the months from May to September 1825. It originates from a time that saw Beethoven dangerously ill, as he was suffering from an intestinal inflammatory disease. …