Composers Archive

It certainly must have been a huge event when violinist David Oistrakh and pianist Sviatoslav Richter gave a concert in New York. According to my research it took place in 1970! There is a lot …

In Latin, the word “Lacrimosa” translates to “Tearful” in English. The last composition by W. A. Mozart was left incomplete when the composer died in 1791. One of Mozart’s students used the composer’s sketches to …

And here she is again, playing for you:

Rachmaninov’s Vocalise was originally written for voice and orchestra as the final piece in his ‘Fourteen Songs’, Op. 34. But because the piece has no text and can be sung to a vowel the singer …

Anton Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony is the only one of his nine to which he gave a subtitle. Bruckner’s music never seems to be in a great hurry, and the opening subject of the Fourth Symphony …