Smile with Haydn
The music of Joseph Haydn so often brings a smile to my face! Why, you ask? Because I am continually amazed and thrilled by the man’s creativity, originality, and inventiveness. According to his biographers, he …
Composers Archive
Beethoven’s Hammerklavier and Moonlight Sonatas
Beethoven’s Hammerklavier sonata is considered one of the major challenges of the piano repertoire: not only is it arguably one of his most technically challenging works, but its sheer length means that the physical demands …
Lisa Batiashvili Performs Music by Prokofiev
On this recording, Lisa Batiashvili presents an excellwnt interpretation of Prokofiev’s two violin concertos in another first-class musical partnership with Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. With her unique abilities to turn standard repertoire …
Mozart’s Final Piano Concerto
As far as we know, Mozart composed 27 concertos for piano and orchestra. In this recording we hear this final concerto, together with the concerto number 25. This pairing of concertos Nos 25 and 27 …
Brahms in the Shadow of Beethoven
It occurs to me frequently how difficult it must have been for Johannes Brahms to achieve success as a composer. First of all, he began as a pianist, then as a choral director. He toured …