Composers Archive

Richter plays Schubert and Beethoven These are wonderful performances of Schubert and Beethoven by one of the most highly regarded pianists of the 20th century. The Schubert miniatures were recorded at the legendary Sofia concert …

Miah Persson sings Songs by Schubert, Sibelius and Grieg Swedish soprano Miah Persson returned to the Wigmore Hall in London last February with accompanist Roger Vignoles to perform a wonderfully emotive and dramatic program, listed …

Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras Heitor Villa-Lobos’ colorful and immediately ear-catching music is full of the rhythms and sounds of Brazil. The haunting soprano theme of the fifth “Bachianas Brasileiras” is one of the best-known melodies of …

Lacrimosa interpretations The story of Mozart’s commission to write a Requiem coming literally at the end of his life is well known, so I won’t repeat it here. Suffice it to say that the Requiem …

Schubert: String Quartets ‘Rosamunde’ and ‘Death and the Maiden’ This CD presents Schubert’s final three string quartets: No 13 in A minor, ‘Rosamunde’; No 14 in D minor, ‘Death and the Maiden’ (with its haunting …