Composers Archive

Suzuki’s Bach Masaaki Suzuki is the Director of the Bach Collegium Japan. In Volume 52 of his massive cantatas project, Masaaki Suzuki includes one of J.S. Bach’s best-loved cantatas of all, “Wachet auf ruft uns …

D. Scarlatti: 15 Keyboard Sonatas Domenico Scarlatti composed several hundred keyboard sonatas; of this vast output, we hear 15 on this CD: In this post, you have an opportunity to listen to Mikhail Pletnev on …

Magical Mozart! This morning I listened to a section of Mozart’s opera Cosi fan Tutte (That’s how they all do it) by Mozart. In the process, I paid close attention to the soprano who was …

Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 and Variations Most often, when it comes to Mozart’s works for piano, one needs to remember that Mozart himself was a great piano virtuoso, and an amazing improviser; and he …

Rhapsody in Blue Rhapsody in Blue was originally arranged by Ferde Grofé for jazz band before being orchestrated for symphony orchestra. Here pianist Freddy Kempf and the Bergen Philharmonic play this original version. Gershwin: Rhapsody …