Haydn’s Pioneering Quartets
I listened this morning to a recording of the String Quartets Opus 20 by Joseph Haydn. What amazing music this is! Haydn showed me a level of his creativity and ingenious ideas that were truly …
Composers Archive
Dvorak’s Quintets
Seven years after they triumphed with Dvořák’s quartets op. 96 “American” and op. 106, the Pavel Haas Quartet are back to Dvořák. For the occasion of recording his quintets, they have invited two guests: the …
Introducing Francesca Dego
I enjoy sharing with you my “discoveries” of artists who are relatively new to the music arena, and who have excellent potential as being our entertainers in the years to come. Today I want to …
Music for Spring
If you are like me, you may now be eager for Spring to come, although we need to await the blessings of Winter, first… On this new recording we get to hear three works inspired …
Memories of Schumann
One of my fond memories from the time when I was 14 is my membership in an excellent amateur orchestra. I learned a whole lot of the orchestral repertoire, and to this day, our performance …