Composers Archive

This third Elgar album from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, brings together three masterpieces: “In the South”, a colorful depiction of the Southern Italian coast, the “Serenade for String Orchestra”, and also the “Variations on …

My musical education has brought me the awareness that performing the music of Fritz Kreisler requires a special feeling and special training. Even a giant violinist as Yehudi Menuhin (1916-1999) went to study with Fritz …

On this CD, pianist Garrick Ohlsson has recorded two Chopin recitals for The Fryderyk Chopin Institute: one on modern piano, the other on period piano. The same program in two different sound versions. This is …

I have been enjoying the Bruckner 4th recently. The reason is that I love the opening Horn solo that is repeated at various times. The sound is so haunting and wonderful. So… I decided to …

I listened to one of my favorite pieces by Franz Schubert today: The Fantasie in F-Minor, as performed by Lucas and Arthur Jussen. The Jussen brothers have been national figures in the Netherlands since early childhood. …