Lucas and Arthur Jussen Play Mozart and Schubert
On this post I have for you the music for duo pianists by Mozart and by Franz Schubert. The soloists are Lucas and Arthur Jussen, pianists. The Schubert Fantasie in F-minor is one of my …
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The Symphony #4 by Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms composed the Fourth Symphony during the summers of 1884–85 in Mürzzuschlag, Austria, his summer retreat in the mountains southwest of Vienna. In September 1885, Brahms wrote to Hans von Bülow, conductor of the …
Helene Grimaud Plays the Bach/Busoni Chaconne
Johann Sebastian Bach composed the Chaconne as a section of one of his solo violin sonatas. It is a beautiful work, and it is full of great challenges to be performed by a violin alone …
Haydn’s Symphony #45, “Farewell”.
Back in the 1700’s, Composer Joseph Haydn was employed as the royal conductor to Prince Nikolaus Esterházy and had taken temporary residence at the Prince’s castle in Hungary. After what seemed to be an extremely …
Yeol Eum Son and Doo-Min Kim Play Beethoven’s Cello Sonata #3
Ludwig van Beethoven’s Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69 was written in 1808, during his so-called “middle period”. The sonata was composed in the same year as the Piano Trios Op. 70 …