Composers Archive

The second volume of the Beethoven Violin Sonata cycle performed by James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong follows the earlier release of sonatas nos. 6 &9 ‘Kreutzer’. This new album contains the three early op.12 sonatas …

Conductor Mariss Jansons died recently, and this was a tragic loss for the music world. The music of Mahler here was recorded by Jansons and the Oslo Philharmonic. In the period 1979 – 2002, Jansons …

Maxim Vengerov was born into a musical family on 20 August 1974 in Novosibirsk, Siberia. His mother sang and conducted, and his father played oboe in an orchestra. Maxim heard music even before he was …

The Art of Fugue reveals how  J. S. Bach organized this amazing work. The theme, which is introduced in the first movement, is transformed and elaborated on in the same key in powerful and hypnotic …

Beatrice Rana, in the words of the New York Times, is a pianist who “has ferocious technique but is distinguished by her musical intelligence.” On this recording she plays virtuosic, poetic works that re-create the …