Composers Archive

Nikolaus Harnoncourt: “Waltzer Revolution” This is an album of lively waltzes and other dance music, consummately performed by Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Concentus Musicus Wien. While Mr. Harnoncourt has been part of Vienna’s musical scene for …

Shostakovich & Beethoven: String Quartets Beethoven: String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59 No. 1 ‘Rasumovsky No. 1’ Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor, Op. 108 String Quartet No. 8 …

Vasily Primakov I listened to Vasily Primakov perform the music of Chopin today. And wow… I liked what I heard! He was playing the Ballade #1 of Chopin, and I enjoyed the emotion he conveyed …

Chopin: Complete Works for Piano & Orchestra Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 Variations on Mozart’s ‘La ci darem la mano’ in …

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 & Symphonic Dances Sergei Rachmaninoff was a master of composing amazingly beautiful music. And this CD features two such compositions. The Piano concerto #3 is one such example: Gorgeous music, …