Composers Archive

Latin American Guitar Masterpieces. Played by Flavio Cucchi. I experience Latin American music as having multiple strong emotions: Passion, excitement, sentimentality, sadness, and more. These emotions always fill our lives, so the music is right …

I listened to the classical radio station in my area this morning. And pianist Bruno Leonardo Gelber was playing the Appassionata Sonata by Beethoven. I was very impressed with his playing, and particularly enjoyed the …

Lang Lang’s concerto album unites three major musical artists: Pianist Lang Lang, conductor Sir Simon Rattle, and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Recorded at Berlin’s Philharmonie, the album presents two milestones of the 20th century piano …

Robert Schumann Song Cycles James Gilchrist’s latest recording encompasses three of the greatest examples of the song cycle genre. Gilchrist’s expressive tenor voice is ideally suited to showcase the emotional nuances of Schumann’s vocal writing. …

If you are a long-term reader of mine, you heard me write this before: Performers who were trained in Britain are inevitably amazing musicians. Such was the case on Sunday afternoon, October 25, 2015 when …