Composers Archive

While I am unfamiliar with violinist Franziska Pietsch, her new recording caught my eye today. It features music for violin and piano by Sergei Prokofiev. Prokofiev: Five Melodies for Violin and Piano, Op. 35b Violin …

Conductor Carlos Kleiber belongs to a small group of orchestral leaders whom I have admired over the years. I found Kleiber to be a terrific interpreter of the music of Brahms and Mozart. What also …

For New Year’s Eve 2015, the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Sir Simon Rattle featured music by French composers. The soloist was violinist Anne – Sophie Mutter, who played selections by Ravel and Saint Saens. Listeners …

I have a friend on Facebook who shared with me that she became familiar with Beethoven’s Symphony number 9 as a young child. Amazing, huh? The very first recording I received as a gift when …

After coming to the US and conducting the New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera, Gustav Mahler ultimately returned to Vienna, and he died there literally of a broken heart. He had very serious heart …