Composers Archive

Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 ‘Scottish’ and 4 ‘Italian’ Listening to conductor Frans Brüggen in any form of music-making is always a satisfying experience for me. As such, the opportunity to hear his interpretations of Mendelssohn’s …

Schumann: Works for Cello and Piano For many years I have been a great fan of the Hagen String Quartet. I am crazy about the violist, Veronika Hagen; and I recently concentrated on listening to …

Brahms: Piano Pieces, Opp. 117, 118, 119 Some of the music of Johannes Brahms goes with me everywhere. And it’s easy, once I load it into my iPod. The Intermezzi Op. 117 are my great …

Britten and Shostakovich: Violin Concertos On this CD, violinist James Ehnes teams up with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and its music director, Kirill Karabits, in performances of Violin Concertos by Benjamin Britten and Dmitri Shostakovich. …

Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 Clarinet Trio Johannes Brahms wrote some wonderful chamber music! Violin and piano sonatas; Cello sonatas; Clarinet/Viola sonatas; and then there are all the string quartets, quintets, and …