Composers Archive

Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Le Sacre du printemps The 29th of May, 2013 marks the 100th Anniversary of the legendary premiere performance of Igor Stravinsky’s …

Shostakovich: Sonatas Dmitri Shostakovich was a very prolific composer. He wrote highly original symphonies and chamber works, and he had to do so when artists experienced a high degree of government control in Russia. On …

Brahms: Quintets Opp. 34 & 115 On this CD, the Tokyo String Quartet is joined by pianist Jon Nakamatsu and clarinetist Jon Manasse in two Brahms masterpieces dating from two very different periods in his …

Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4 Two giants of the piano performing art are featured on this CD: Sviatoslav Richter Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Both of these pianists are now deceased. Yet their art is …

Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios Volume 2 Following on from their successful Beethoven Piano Trios Volume 1, here is Volume 2, as performed by the Gould Piano Trio. No, No… There is yet another musician by …