Schubert’s Great Lieder
There are many times when I choose to return to music that is known to me. Music that is soothing, or joyful, or exciting. The Lieder by Franz Schubert belong to this group. On this …
Composers Archive
Mozart’s Figaro
The opera Le Nozze Di Figaro by Mozart is a great favorite of mine because it combines two aspects of the culture of the late 1700’s: On one hand, both the librettist and the composer …
Maria Joao Pires Plays Chopin
When I listen to the music of Frederick Chopin, I seek diversity. I prefer not to hear 12 waltzes, or 17 Etudes (if he wrote that many). My preference is to get some of each. …
More from Argerich and her Friends
On this interesting DVD, we have an opportunity to listen to music by Saint-Saens as well as joyous sounds of two piano music by Poulenc. The recorded concert features the following: Berlioz: Le carnaval romain …
Carlos Kleiber, Rest in Peace
Conductor Carlos Kleiber was born on July 3, 1930, in Berlin, where his Viennese father conducted the Berlin State Opera. The elder Kleiber, opposed to the Nazi regime and its restrictions on performances of modern …