Happy Birthday, Martha Argerich!
Martha Argerich is 80 years young today. She has brought us so much enjoyment! Many happy Returns…
Composers Archive
Schubert’s Piano Sonata D. 960
In 1828, the last year of his life, Franz Schubert composed three sonatas for piano which are generally described as the culmination of his lifelong occupation with the piano sonata form. Schubert’s role as successor …
Mozart’s String Quartet #23 (Prussian)
I listened to this music yesterday, and I was thrilled. It was performed by the Escher Quartet. In particular, I kept going back to the second movement, the warm and lyrical Andante. The String Quartet …
Nicolaj Znaider Performs the Beethoven Violin Concerto
Nikolaj Znaider is one of the foremost violinists of today and he combines a soloist career at the very highest level with a growing conducting career. A wonderfully versatile musician, Znaider has established his conductor …
Grigory Sokolov Plays Bach’s Partita #1
Grigory Sokolov was born in Leningrad (now St Petersburg) on 18 April 1950. He started to play piano at the age of five and, two years later, began studies with Liya Zelikhman at the Central …