Composers Archive

The German soprano Christine Karg is one of my favorite singers. In her performances it is totally clear to me that she has carefully studied the poet’s words before ever attempting to sing the music. …

After enthusiasm about its performance of Haydn’s Opus 20, the Chiaroscuro Quartet now returns to Haydn, with his last complete set of quartets, begun in 1796 when he was 64 years old. The Six String …

The Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians is an international and comprehensive music competition for youngsters. The Salzburg Chamber Soloists, globally renowned for their specialization in Mozart’s works, is designated as the orchestra of …

Schubert completed his Piano Sonata in A-Major in July 1819, and it was dedicated to Josephine von Koller of Steyr in Upper Austria, whom he considered to be “very pretty” and “a good pianist”. The …

Robert Schumann composed his Märchenbilder, (Fairytale Pictures) while Schumann was in residence at Düsseldorf as Director of Music. This masterwork shows the composer in the idiom he knew best: a series of meticulously crafted and highly …