Composers Archive

The first movement of Schubert’s Sonata #20 is literally the longest in the entire set of three final sonatas, but quite apart from this crude measurement, Schubert manages to transport us beyond our sense of …

Music is King. Words are unimportant; so all I will write is that conductor Carlos Kleiber was – in my view – the greatest orchestral and Opera conductor of the past 100 years. Click below …

Maxim Vengerov, Violin and Polina Osentiskaya, Piano Carnegie Hall, Thursday, October 20, 2022 8 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage (Contributing writer Miles Zaud) J. S. Bach – Violin Sonata in B minor Beethoven – Violin …

The Quartet in A minor by Schubert is a beloved work; in some way we group it with the ‘Unfinished’ Symphony as giving us the heart of the composer. But with the quartet as with …

Lucia Popp started her career in lighter repertoire before delving into more lyric roles. Mozart dominated her early career, particularly the role of the Queen of the Night in Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte.” She made her …