Introducing Pianist Lucas Debargue
Today, we are introducing the French pianist Lucas Debargue, who was born into a non-musical family. In 1999 he settled in Compiègne, about 90km north of Paris and began his initial piano studies at the …
Composers Archive
Mitsuko Uchida and Emil Gilels Play Mozart
The Fantasy in D-Minor by Mozart was one of Mozart’s pieces that was discovered after his death (since it was unfinished, it wasn’t published in his lifetime). The 1782 date of composition is an estimation based …
Dennis Kozhukhin Plays Grieg and Mendelssohn
On his new album, Russian pianist Denis Kozhukhin presents a personal and colorful collection of character pieces taken from Mendelssohn’s “Lieder ohne Worte” and Edvard Grieg’s “Lyric Pieces”. Combing these miniature gems by two outstanding …
Music by Edward Elgar and by Gustav Holst
It is amazing that two classics in English orchestral music were composed within the short space of some fifteen years around the turn of the previous century. Edward Elgar’s ‘Enigma Variations’ have fascinated listeners since …
Music for Clarinet and Orchestra
You might not have heard of clarinetist Mark van de Wiel. I predict, however, that you will love his playing… In this recording, Mark van de Wiel joins the Philharmonia Orchestra under Christopher Warren-Green in …