Composers Archive

Mozart composed this quartet in 1782, and we are still listening to it in the year 2020; Amazing! Of the twenty-three quartets he wrote, even among the celebrated last ten, the so-called “Haydn” quartets are …

I heard Ms. Goicea play yesterday, and I liked her style, her sensitivity, and her musicianship. Ioana Cristina Goicea was born in 1992 in Bucharest, Rumania into a family of musicians. She has studied with …

Maurice Ravel began work on his Piano Concerto in G in 1929. He planned to play it himself on a world tour that would include not only Europe and the United States, but also South America …

The third release in the complete Beethoven Violin Sonatas from James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong was eagerly awaited by their fans. The earlier albums received outstanding reviews. Gramophone said: ‘ With some discs, you can …

Brahms’ second Intermezzo in B-flat minor, Andante non troppo e con molto espressione, possesses a kind of sorrow,  and it displays a more reflective mood. One may associate this piece with the diffuse glow of …