Composers Archive

Janine Jansen plays Prokofiev Prokofiev composed two violin concertos, and the second is one of my all-time favorites. The composer gives us some soaring melodies, and several episodes of heart – wrenching wailing that Ms. …

Mahler: Symphony No. 1 Including Mahler’s original ‘Blumine’ movement. While Gustav Mahler ultimately had an amazing career as a conductor, he suffered from terrible persecution because he was born into a Jewish home. Still, the …

Mozart: Horn Concertos. Mozart was a genius in all areas of musical composition, and his horn concertos – despite making up a very modest part of his total output – still demonstrate the finest achievements …

Journeys: Emerson String Quartet In this new CD by the Emerson String Quartet, we hear performances of two string sextets that were composed in the 1890’s: “Souvenir de Florence” by Peter Tchaikovsky, and “Verklärte Nacht” …

Viktoria Mullova J. S. Bach: Violin Concertos On this CD, violinist Viktoria Mullova renews her partnership with long-term collaborator Ottavio Dantone in a program of concertos for violin, offering not only the two famous concertos …