Composers Archive

Composers have frequently found their inspiration to write great music based on having experienced a variety of scenes in Nature. For some it was the Vienna Forrest; for others, it was a stream or a …

The Violin Concerto by Ludwig van Beethoven has been performed for more than 200 years. As such, it is an artistic challenge to bring something new to the performance of this work. Violinist Isabelle Faust …

I love the sound of the viola, because of its rich, dark sound. Unfortunately there are fairly limited selections that were composed for this instrument over the years. I have prepared a playlist for you …

I have heard the Symphony number 5 by Gustav Mahler many times. Yet, when I listened to this work again today, it immediately got my attention, because the interpretation by conductor Valery Gergiev was very …

Beethoven died in Vienna in 1827 at age 56. Franz Schubert was the next great composer after Beethoven. Schubert, however, died just one year after Beethoven, in 1828, at age 31. Schubert left us some …