Escher String Quartet
Mendelssohn: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 4. The Escher Quartet has launched a three-disc cycle of Mendelssohn’s string quartets, including the unnumbered String Quartet in E flat major and – on coming installments – …
Composers Archive
Miah Persson.
Miah Persson: “Sempre libera” On her latest recording, singer Miah Persson ventures into the fields of bel canto, opéra lyrique and verismo in the company of Daniel Harding and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Ms. …
Michelangeli’s Magic.
Michelangeli’s Magic. I listened to pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli today. Seemed like I stopped breathing… While this amazing pianist did not have a very large repertoire, what he did perform was totally astounding. When …
Arabella’s Concertos.
Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos. Along with the Brahms violin concerto that is not recorded here, this CD features the two greatest concertos ever written for the violin. This recording of Tchaikovsky/Mendelssohn violin concertos …
Paganini’s Violin.
Nicolo Paganini. Many musicologists consider Paganini to be the greatest violinist the world has ever known. He essentially created techniques for the violin that were unheard of before him, and to this day, his …