Composers Archive

Lars Vogt, pianist This recording, while not new provides an opportunity to listen to a great masterpiece, the Schubert piano sonata number 21, as performed by Lars Vogt. Schubert was at the end of his …

Concert Review Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra concert, August 26, 2011 For the first time today, I feel that I have finally penetrated the core essence of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony #7. My breakthrough occurred as I was …

Ingolf Wunder, pianist Here is yet another story about a terrific young pianist who is emerging into the international scene: Austrian pianist Ingolf Wunder is just such an artist having placed second at the most …

Five Carmen’s! When George Bizet composed the opera Carmen, he likely had no idea how popular this work would be in the years to come. The music is full of excitement, passion, wonderful melodies, a …

Levine’s Mozart When I look at the face of conductor James Levine, while he conducts the overture to, say, “The Marriage of Figaro”, “The Magic Flute”, or a Mozart symphony, I see a face filled …