Composers Archive

Eight Conductors discuss Mahler’s music Most of the music that was composed by Gustav Mahler was orchestral. He wrote ten symphonies, and many songs for voice and orchestral accompaniment. Unlike composers such as Brahms, Schubert, …

Edward Elgar: Symphony No. 2 The first two works that introduced me to the compositions of British composer Edward Elgar were his violin concerto and his Enigma Variations. It was violinist Yehudi Menuhin as a …

Schumann: Carnaval and Papillons Robert Schumann created some amazing piano music. These pieces date from the earlier part of his short life, and they show us examples of different colors, different images, and different musical …

Mahler’s Symphony #4 I will always remember my visits to the lake region in Austria, about an hour away from the historic town of Salzburg. Gustav Mahler spent his vacations there on a lake called …

Paavo Järvi conducts Stravinsky and Debussy Recorded live at the Salle Pleyel, Paris, September and November 2012 As is the case with every major musical anniversary, there will be more recordings of Stravinsky’s music this …