Ingrid Haebler Plays the Mozart Sonata KV 284
The Sonata in D major is the last of the Six Sonatas K. 279-284 that Mozart had in his luggage when he set off for Paris in September 1777. He had already successfully performed this …
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Pinchas Zukerman Plays the Concerto #5 by Mozart
Mozart’s emphasis on music for violin and strings culminated in 1775 when, in the course of nine months he composed five concertos for violin and orchestra. Especially in his Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, …
Julia Fischer Plays Grieg’s Violin Sonata #3
Grieg composed his Third Violin Sonata in 1887, a time when he was on the threshold of his largest fame, a circumstance that may explain his view of the Sonata as representing a wider horizon. …
Edward Elgar’s Violin Concerto
Edward Elgar was at the height of his creative powers when this concerto was composed. At that time, in 1910, he was riding high on the successes of his “The Dream of Gerontius”, the Enigma …
Edward Elgar’s “Enigma Variations”
The work’s origins were described by Elgar in a letter to his friend: “I have sketched a set of Variations on an original theme…The Variations have amused me because I’ve labelled ’em with the nicknames …