Schubert’s String Quartet #9
In the early 1800’s, as a youngster, Franz Schubert played string quartets with his parents and siblings. He would always play the viola part. Years later, until his death at age 31, Schubert composed more …
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Janine Jansen Performs the Debussy Violin Sonata
Claude Debussy (1862–1918) was already ill with the cancer which prematurely ended his life, when he began to compose his Violin Sonata in G minor. He began to sketch the work in 1916 and completed …
The Late Pianist Nelson Freire Plays Mozart
Mozart composed his Piano Sonata KV 331 in 1783. This A-major Sonata has a distinct flavor, beginning with its unusual sequence of movements: a set of variations to open, then a minuet, and, to conclude, …
Concerto for Violin and Oboe by J. S. Bach
The concerto for violin and Oboe BWV 1060 follows the standard Italian baroque concerto structure: three movements: fast-slow-fast. Other Italian influences (such as aria style melodies and strong rhythmic drive) were stylish in Cothen, and …
Anne-Sophie Mutter Performs the Mozart Violin Concerto #4
The D-major Violin Concerto is the fourth of the five that Mozart wrote in Salzburg in 1775. After a first movement in the eighteenth century’s most charm‑filled military manner comes an andante that is the …