Composers Archive

Brahms: Chamber Music Composer Johannes Brahms is one of the musicians I have admired most over the years. And his chamber music, be it the violin and piano sonatas, the string quartets, of the chamber …

Takemitsu: Orchestral Works I listened yesterday to some amazing music by Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu. For me this is music unlike others: Instead of linear progress of the sound, this seems more circular or cylindrical, …

Elgar’s magic On this CD, we get Elgar’s best-loved orchestral works in this new album. Conductor Sir Andrew Davis has recorded most of these pieces before – but this collection benefits from his by-now vastly …

Perahia Concert Review Music is often my companion and my healer. And I have a wonderful way of using it to help me when the need is great: I connect with the Berlin Philharmonic’s Digital …

Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 & Dances from Aleko Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 Aleko: Intermezzo & Women’s Dance Aleko: Men’s Dance Performed by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vasily …