Composers Archive

On this recording, some of the greatest names on today’s classical music scene pay Homage to Astor Piazzolla. Presented in two distinct programs: the first part highlights the most varied of influences: this is not just …

Janine Jansen was born in the Netherlands, and first picked up a violin at the age of six. She comes from a family full of musicians. And she recalls that ‘all my first memories are …

Mozart was a the peak of his popularity as a composer and pianist in Vienna when he premiered his Piano Concerto # 21 on March 9, 1785 at the Burgteater in Vienna, in one of …

On this recording, Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon and Frank Braley, well established as chamber-music partners, perform two of Beethoven’s greatest piano trios, the ‘Ghost’ and the ‘Archduke’. “Together, all three musicians have the quality that …

Johannes Brahms began to make sketches for his second piano concerto in 1878. However, the composer preferred to try it out for a while before introducing it at major venues. From the start the Concerto …