Time with Tabea
I realized today that a long time has passed since I featured violist Tabea Zimmermann at My Classical Notes. We need to correct that! I have admired this fine musician in both chamber music settings …
Composers Archive
Michelangeli Performs Beethoven
Pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli died on June 12, 1995, in Lugano, Switzerland . For me, he will always be a pianist whose music brings me a lot of enjoyment. While his repertoire was not huge, …
Mahler symphony #3: New Recording
I will always remember listening to Mahler’s Third at the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado, as directed by James Levine. What a thrill that was! Now there is a new recording out as conducted by …
Janine’s Beethoven
My Classical Notes has something very special for you today: The music, the performing artist, the preparation, and the emotion that goes into getting a piece of music ready for performance. The artist is violinist …
Manon Lescaut with Anna Netrebko
Soprano Anna Netrebko is one of my favorite singers, because of her fine voice, her great stage presence, and her sense of humor. Now… have a look at a fine recording in which she …