Composers Archive

I listened this morning to Mozart’s aria for soprano, piano and orchestra which is one of his most sublime compositions. The singer was Christine Karg, who performed this music beautifully. “Ch’io mi scordi di te? …

I listened yesterday to a new recording by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra perform the symphonies numbers 4 and 5 by Beethoven. The conductor was Philippe Jordan. My principal enjoyment came from two factors: Strict adherance …

The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, a symbol of tolerance and understanding between people, opens this recording with Jörg Widman’s Con brio and are then the orchestra is joined by the legendary Martha Argerich for Franz Liszt’s …

Ian Bostridge, ‘one of the world’s great lieder tenors’ who has been praised for his sensitive and distinctive performances, is joined once more by pianist Julius Drake as they continue to explore the genius of Schubert’s …

If you love the music of Mozart the way I do, then this recording is your opportunity to “overdose”. You get to listen to a whole lot of string quartets, and also the pianomquartet and …