Mozart’s Piano Quartet #1 KV478
The Piano Quartet in G minor, K.478, bears the date 16th October 1785 and was completed on that date in Vienna. By the 20th November Mozart was writing to Hoffmeister with some urgency, seeking money. By …
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Evgeny Kissin Plays Chopin
Composer Frederick Chopin was a master at communicating emotion through music. Chopin composed most of his nocturnes in groups of two or three pieces. The pair that comprises his Opus 27 dates from 1835. The …
The Merz Trio Plays Schubert
The Trio No. 1 in B-flat major for piano, violin, and cello, D. 898, was written by Franz Schubert in 1827. The composer finished the work in 1828, in the last year of his life. …
Healing Music by Rachmaninov
Pianist Helene Grimaud was born in 1969 in France, and she began her piano studies at the local conservatory with Jacqueline Courtin before going on to work with Pierre Barbizet in Marseille. She was accepted into …
Guitarist Julian Bream Plays Bach
Guitarist Julian Bream, who died Aug. 14 at the age of 87 in his native England, stepped into a guitar world in which everything had to be done just so … and did not do …