Nelson Freire’s Bach Album
My sense is that many musicians record the music of Johann Sebastain Bach quite early in their careers. That is not the case with pianist Nelson Freire. On this new recording, we have an opportunity …
Composers Archive
Zukerman Plays Lark and more…
On this new recording, violinist Pinchas Zukerman performs music by British composers whose music he loves. We get to hear “The Lark Ascending” by Ralph Vaughan Williams, and also Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas …
Janina Fialkowska Plays Schubert
I have written about Ms Fialkowska previously. Now, we get to hear her in the music of Franz Schubert. Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 8 in E flat major, D568 4 Impromptus, D935 Performed by Janina …
Gil Shaham: More Concertos from 1930’s
On this CD we get to listen to Gil Shaham perform the following concertos: Bella Bartok: Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz 112, with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stéphane Denève conducting. Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 …
Boulez Conducts Stravinsky
Conductor Pierre Boulez left us on January 5, 2016. In this recording, we hear Maestro Boulez conduct several compositions by Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra Petrushka (1911 version), with the New York …