Mahler’s Symphony Number 7
While I have been a devoted Mahler fan for many years, I have not been able to penetrate the secrets of this work. On one hand, I enjoy the movements titled “Night Music”, but on …
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Cello Sonatas by Johannes Brahms
Pianist Alexandre Tharaud and cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras are long-established as a duo team, and they have chosen works that lie at the heart of the Romantic repertoire, all by Brahms: his two cello sonatas and …
Alfred Brendel Plays Schumann and Brahms
Time passes, and things change. Pianist Alfred Brendel no longer appears in live concerts. Imagine briefly how surprised I was to see him in a recorded concert with Martha Argerich and her friends. He was …
Dvorak’s Quintet and Sextet
Czech composer Antonín Dvorák at age thirty-six had risen to the front rank of European composers, and had done so with works that identified their national, popular aura in their title. The first book of …
Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring
The orchestral score of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring created a dramatic event in music history because of its originality, amazing rhythms, and highly creative use of instrumental ideas. Before the orchestral score was completed in …