Shostakovich Piano Trio #2
Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his 2nd Piano Trio in 1944 during World War Two when he was 38 years old. Shostakovich had come to international attention with the writing of his 7th Symphony earlier in the …
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Schubert’s Symphony #5: My favorite…
There is something indescribable for me about this music: It is joyful, yet also sad. Happy, yet also tragic. And the second movement is like the sounds of angels. These sounds need to be made …
Grigory Sokolov Plays Bach’s Partita #1
Johann Sebastian Bach’s partitas are much grander and more technically challenging than his English Suites and French Suites, with larger individual movements. The Partita No. 1 in B flat, published in 1726, is quite an …
Hagen Quartet Performs the String Quartet by Ravel
Maurice Ravel composed his String Quartet in F Major in 1903, while still a student of Gabriel Fauré at the Paris Conservatoire. The work proved to be Ravel’s first major success as a composer, though …
Beautiful Brahms…
I was delighted when I listened to an amazing lyrical performance of the Brahms violin concerto today. The soloist was Sergey Khachatrian with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Sergey Khachatryan won First Prize at the …