Anton Bruckner’s Symphony #4
By the time he reached the period of his Fourth Symphony, composer Anton Bruckner had staked a firm place in Austrian musical life. He had distinguished himself especially as an organist and was an almost …
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Partita #3 for Solo Violin By Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach’s genius shines with a special light in the three sonatas and three partitas he wrote for solo violin in 1720, and the six suites for solo cello he composed about the same …
Yuja Wang Performs Beethoven’s Piano Sonata #18
The first movement of the sonata #18 is a total delight to listen to, from the surprising harmony that opens the piece, to the richly textured chord response and thematic group that emerges from it. …
The Symphony #3 (Eroica) by Beethoven
The Symphony #3 by Beethoven was, in my view, a revolutionary work in the development of Music. The foundational idea of the first movement of Beethoven’s Third Symphony is a narrative of struggle, which is …
Janine Jansen Performs the Violin Sonata by Cesar Franck
César Franck’s Violin Sonata in A was composed in 1886, and was offered as a wedding present to the violinist Eugène Ysaÿe. The sonata has become one of the most performed violin works in the …