Composers Archive

Brahms: The Piano Concertos On this stunning recording of the two piano concertos of Johannes Brahms, Stephen Hough is joined by the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg and conductor Mark Wigglesworth. In my view, these works are among …

Quartet so sad: Early this morning I listened to the Alban Berg String Quartett perform the second movement of Franz Schubert’s Quartet #14, titled “Death and the Maiden”. Schubert died at the age of 31. …

“Rosenkavalier “at the MET tonight! Metropolitan Opera House Tonight there is a revival of the Met’s majestic production of “Der Rosenkavalier,” with Martina Serafin, Alice Coote, and Mojca Erdmann in the leading roles; Edward Gardner …

Concert this week. N.Y. Philharmonic: The Last Mozart Symphonies Avery Fisher Hall—New York Most us know that next week is the Thanksgiving holiday, and for this week’s evening concerts, conductor Alan Gilbert picked a program …

Just Kissin. There are times when words are simply not needed. In fact, words are inadequate when a piece of music just speaks for itself. Here is Evgeny Kissin, at age 19, showing us just …