Composers Archive

If you have been reading, learning, and enjoying my posts, then you know that I typically end a post by including a video to show you the music performed by the the person about whom …

Here is a new recording for your consideration: Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, Op. 20, performed by the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko conducting, and Kirill Gerstein (piano) Scriabin: Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. …

I began my day today by listening to Herbert Blomstedt, age 90, conduct the synphonies of Beethoven. American-born Swedish conductor, Herbert Blomstedt, was born of Swedish parents, and moved with his family to Sweden in …

Gustav Mahler and the Munich Philharmonic share a very special connectin. The world premiere of his Symphony No. 4 took place under his baton on 25 November 1901 in Munich’s »Großen Kaim-Saal« with the then …

Every night of this past week, I ended my day with the music of Mozart as performed by the Hagen String Quartet. This year the Hagen Quartet celebrates its 30th anniversary. Three members of the …