Composers Archive

Johann Nicolaus Forkel, Sebastian’s first biographer, wrote about the “six great suites” that they “are known by the name of English Suites because the composer composed them for an Englishman of rank. They have all …

Pianists Richard Egarr and Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya make their recording debut with a program of works for piano four-hands by Schubert. Aside from being very enjoyable this repertoire features some of Schubert’s finest piano writing. It …

On this CD, violinist Andrew Haveron plays for you the following selections: Korngold: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 Andrew Haveron (violin) RTE Concert Orchestra John Wilson I. Moderato nobile   II. Romanze. Andante …

In 1909, after the successful premiere of his Piano Concerto #2, Sergei Rachmaninoff launched his first concert tour of the United States. The journey was undertaken much against his will. Three months of almost daily …

This recording from the Iris Trio combines two classics for viola, clarinet and piano by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Robert Schumann with two modern works by György Kurtág and Christof Weiß, each of which explicitly …