Grigory Sokolov Performs Schubert’s Impromptu Opus 142, #2
The Schubert Impromptu No 2 in A flat minor is really mostly built off a theme so warm and touching I would still love it if the piece just ended after the first repeat. However, …
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“Le Boeuf sur le toit” By Darius Milhaud
“Le Bœuf sur le toit” (literally “the ox on the roof”), Op. 58 is a short piece for small orchestra by the composer Darius Milhaud, written in 1919–20. Milhaud conceived this piece as incidental music …
The Piano trio #1 by Felix Mendelssohn
The D-minor Trio by Mendelssohn begins with a grand melody, announced by the cello, which leads into the violin’s second theme in A major, the entire movement carried forward in what seems a single, broad …
Schumann’s Violin Sonata #1
Many of Schumann’s later works are distinguished by their tendency to focus on single themes or motives. That’s particularly true of the A minor Sonata in its outer movements, which display a finely sustained and …
Schubert’s Song Cycle “Die Winterreise”
Schubert’s song cycle, “Winterreise” (Winter Journey), was published in 1828 and is another setting of the poetry of Wilhelm Müller. In the 24 songs we follow a wanderer across a winter landscape. It’s not an …