Composers Archive

  Dvorak: String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, Op. 51 (B92) String Quartet No. 11 in C major, Op. 61 (B121) Performed by the Zemlinsky Quartet. Just as Robert Schumann had played a …

  Franz Schubert: Piano Music collection. Austrian-born composer Franz Schubert was a lonely figure in musical history. He was a dreamer who brought to music a degree of intimacy, despair, hope and disappointment previously unknown. …

  Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 1-3 (Complete) While Johannes Brahms only composed three piano quartets, these works demonstrate his masterful control of musical material, and they are an integral aspect of Brahms’ chamber music output, …

  Netrebko’s New Recording: ‘Iolanta’, by Tchaikovsky. There is good reason why soprano Anna Netrebko is a frequent subject at my Blog: Of course, the primary reason is her amazing voice. However, she offers a …

  Haydn: Sonatas and Concertos. This new recording of Haydn’s two great piano concertos is joined with performances of five of Haydn’s finest piano sonatas, in brilliant playing by the American pianist Anne-Marie McDermott. The …