Composers Archive

Imogen Cooper plays Brahms and Schumann This CD is Volume 1 in Imogen Cooper’s new series dedicated to the complete works for piano by Robert Schumann. Let me begin with a few Spotify audio excerpts …

Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major ‘Romantic’ Performed by the Staatskapelle Berlin, conducted by Daniel Barenboim I enjoy Daniel Barenboim as both a pianist and also as a fine conductor. While I am more …

Lise de la Salle: A Portrait I’ve been listening and enjoying Lisa de la Salle’s performances for several years now. She has appeared in this Blog before. At age 24, it is impressive that she …

The Berliner Philharmoniker in Singapore The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra is one of the world’s leading orchestras, and their 2010 tour concluded with their first visit to Singapore. They present Mahler’s unique and breathtaking First Symphony …

Schubert So Sad I was listening to music by Franz Schubert this morning. He died in 1828 at age 31, and yet he left us a huge gift of his symphonies, sonatas, chamber music, as …