Beethoven Violin Sonata #3
Beethoven’s compositions for violin and piano cover a period from about 1790 until 1818. An early set of variations on a theme from Mozart’s opera The Marriage of Figaro and a Rondo were followed by …
Composers Archive
Yuja Wang’s Beautiful Performance of the Schumann Concerto
Robert Schumann composed the Piano Concerto for his beloved wife, the pianist and composer Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1896). The work originated in May of 1841 as a Fantasy in A minor for piano and orchestra. …
Herbert Blomstedt Conducts Beethoven’s “Eroica”
Conductor Herbert Blomstedt is a member of the top rank of modern orchestra conductors, having held long-term music directorships in both Europe and the U.S. Specializing in Romantic and early 20th century repertory, he has …
The Piano Concerto #9 by Wolfgang Mozart
This concerto, composed in 1777, is Mozart’s first fully mature piano concerto. In its size, its significant technical demands, and its depth of expression, it is alone among his early concertos. This composition contains several …
Haydn’s Amazing String Quartet Opus 64, #6
Emerging from its opening theme, the first movement of the Haydn quartet Opus 64 No 6 is filled with lyrical and inward-looking sounds. The widely modulating development works the main theme in gliding textures before …