Berg and Schoenberg.
Alban Berg: Lyric Suite and Arnold Schoenberg: Transfigured Night This CD presents the first recording of an arrangement for string ensemble of movements I, V and VI of the Lyric Suite by Alban Berg. …
Composers Archive
Violin Sonatas.
Bach Sonatas. While the solo sonatas for violin alone are one of the most well-known compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach, his works for violin and piano are also amazingly beautiful and frequently very moving. …
Jonathan Biss.
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Volume 3 The most popular of Beethoven’s piano sonatas have titles, and this third installment of Jonathan Biss’ complete sonata cycle features two of these sonatas, the “Pastorale” and “Waldstein.” Volume …
Federiko Mompou.
Music by Mompou. Very often music is about silence: the silences between the notes. And the music of Catalan composer Federiko Mompou straddles the line beautifully between music and silence. This is music that …
Beethoven’s Quartets.
Beethoven Quartets Op. 18. Ludwig van Beethoven’s quartets Opus 18, published in 1801, consisted of his first six string quartets. They were composed between 1798 and 1800. These quartets really demonstrate Beethoven’s total mastery …