Robert Schumann’s Violin Sonata Op. 105
I have the music of Robert Schumann on my mind today. Such beauty, such pain, such passion! I guess that this is music expressing the composer’s love for his wife, Clara… Schumann had to wait …
Composers Archive
Piano Music by Satie and Debussy
Perhaps because their piano music was so different, Erik Satie and Calude Debussy were close friends from the time of the Gymnopédies onwards and whereas Satie’s titles here look back to ancient Greek civilization, Debussy …
Schubert Symphony #5 and Brahms Serenade #2
Composer Franz Schubert died in 1828 at age 31. Brahms was born five years after Schubert’s death. Brahms traveled as a performer, giving concerts as a pianist and also as a partner to violinist Joseph …
The Auryn Quartet Performs Mozart
On the new recording we have the opportunity to listen to two of Mozart’s chamber music masterpieces, the quartets numbers 14 and 15. After strong recommendations for the previous Auryn/Imai Mozart string quintets recording (Audiophile …
Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde”
Scheduled for release at the end of August, this is a recording conducted by Sir Simon Rattle of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth). The featured singers are Magdalena Kožená and …