Composers Archive

Brahms: Violin Concerto, and more— On this CD, violinist Leonidas Kavakos presents an extensive repertoire of much-loved masterpieces. This disc features the Brahms Violin Concerto, for which Mr. Kavakos is joined by one of the …

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43 Performed by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vasily Petrenko The Fourth Symphony by Dmitry Shostakovich did not get a performance until 1961. It was …

Manuel de Falla “Nights in the Gardens of Spain” This is a wonderful DVD, both for video and for musical performance. Manuel de Falla’s “Nights in the Garden of Spain” is an emotion-filled piano piece …

Mozart’s Final Work. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in 1791. In 1991, at the 200th anniversary of his death, there was a memorial for Mozart at the Stephanskirche (St. Stephen’s church) in Vienna. Mozart’s Requiem was …

Claude Debussy: “Music cannot be learned”, a Film by Georges Gachot Composer Claude Debussy was born in St. Germain-en Laye, a few miles outside Paris, in 1862. As a pupil at the Paris Conservatoire, he …