Gardiner Conducts Schumann’s Symphony #2
I am a great fan of conductor John Eliot Gardiner! And the Symphony #2 by Robert Schumann is my favorite among the four symphonies that Schumann composed. I love the Schumann #2 because of its …
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Tetzlaff Performs Beethoven and Sibelius
In this new concerto album, violinist Christian Tetzlaff performs two violin concertos in fresh new interpretations together with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin directed by the orchestra’s exciting new music director, Robin Ticciati. Both Ludwig van …
Charles MacKerras Conducts Mozart’s Symphony #38
Today (Saturday) I actively listened to Mozart’s Symphony #38, known as the “Prague Symphony”. The performance was conducted by Sir Charles MacKerras, and it was terrific! Mozart composed his Symphony #38 in 1786, and the First …
Shostakovich Violin Concerto #1
Dmitry Shostakovich had completed his First Violin Concerto during the 1950’s, and he dedicated it to the great Soviet violinist David Oistrakh. But the score was not suitable to the the times. It was too abstract, …
Mozart’s Music for Horn and Orchestra
Czech horn player Radek Baborák, who for a number of years was a soloist of the Berliner Philharmoniker, is an artist with a desire for seeking out the new, and he has joined forces with other …