Composers Archive

Cellist Amanda Forsyth plays a rare Italian cello made in 1699 by Carlo Giuseppe Testore. We can hear this Cello in the Double Concerto by Johannes Brahms. Violinist Pinchas Zukerman handles the violin part… The Concerto …

I want to tell you about pianist Lars Vogt who released an album of Piano Sonatas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). In this album, two baroque-influenced early sonatas are coupled together with the touching A …

In the course of his career, violinist Fabio Biondi has nurtured a remarkable connection with Italian music from across many centuries. It is this empathy possessed by Biondi which has inspired the Accademia Nazionale di …

On this recording Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená returns to the baroque repertoire that launched her early career. “Il giardino dei sospiri” is a collection of scenes from secular cantatas on tragic love, ranging from Handel’s …

I always discover new amazing aspects in the music of Beethoven. Today I listened to his Piano Sonata #6, and I heard some subtle things that were very special. It is not satisfying to push …