Composers Archive

Menachem Pressler’s career was launched after he won first prize at the Debussy International Piano Competition in San Francisco in 1946. His Carnegie Hall debut subsequently followed, with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy. …

Composers: Schumann, Robert (1810-56) Strauss, Richard (1864-1949) Works Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 Strauss, R: Burleske for Piano and orchestra in D minor, AV85 Conductor Ozawa, Seiji Groups & Artists London Symphony …

Horn player Markus Maskuniitty’s debut recording together with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra showcases four concertante works for horn and orchestra covering a period of one hundred years (from 1849 to 1951). The most substantial …

The Vienna Boys’ Choir, one of the world’s oldest boys’ choirs, maintains its status as a living tradition after more than 500 years. Haydn and Schubert both started their musical careers there; Antonio Salieri was …

To celebrate the 60th birthday of conductor Christian Thielemann, Sony Classical released this stunning new recording of Schumann’s complete symphonies performed by the Staatskapelle Dresden under the baton of Thielemann. This amazing release comes after …