Composers Archive

Pletnev’s Paganini Invariably when I listen to Mikhail Pletnev I hear something new in the composition he performs. That’s so exciting! Either he’s taken a tempo slightly slower to expose an aspect of the melody …

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor This performance was done at the Mariinsky Concert Hall, St. Petersburg, 12-16 September 2010. The singers are: Natalie Dessay (Lucia), Piotr Beczala (Edgardo), Vladislav Sulimsky (Enrico), Dmitry Voropaev (Arturo), Ilya Bannik …

Salzburg Opening Concert 2010 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 Daniel Barenboim (piano) Boulez: Notations Bruckner: Te Deum in C major, WAB 45 Performed by Dorothea Roschmann (soprano), Elīna Garanča (mezzo), …

Brahms’ Masterpiece As a result of all the listening, reading and studying, I have come to admire and respect Johannes Brahms. And this great respect includes not only Brahms, the composer, but also Brahms, the …

Mozart piano Concerti #23 and #19 Austrian conductor Karl Böhm died on August 14, 1981; as such, this recording is quite old, but sometimes old music is still exciting and important. This recording gives us …