Composers Archive

The Quintet in E flat major for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon, K452, dated 30 March 1784 by the composer, was given its first performance on 1 April at the Burgtheater with Mozart himself …

Pianist Sviatoslav Richter was born in 1915, and he died in 1997. The special character of Mr. Richter was summed up in the title of Bruno Monsaingeon’s documentary film on the pianist, “The Enigma”. Reserved, …

Alexander Glazunov composed his Violin Concerto in A minor, Opus 82, in 1904–5 when he was at the height of his fame in Russia, partly in St Petersburg and partly at his summer home in …

Seong-Jin Cho was brought to the world’s attention in 2015 when he won the First Prize at the Chopin International Competition in Warsaw. In January 2016, he signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon. The …

The Sinfonia concertante for four wind instruments and orchestra, K 297b is a work surrounded by many mysteries, and so I decided to simply ignore the confusing history and let the music speak for itself. …