Composers Archive

Fleming’s Traviata Renée Fleming has demonstrated to be one of the finest sopranos: a singer with a sparkling personality and a velvet voice that is capable of wringing the finest emotions out of works by …

Young Shostakovich It was Shostakovich’s First Symphony that propelled the 19-year old Russian composer to international fame. The symphony’s emotional turmoil, and its innovative orchestration identified Shostakovich as a daring and major talent. From a …

Mahler’s grave Gustav Mahler died on May 18, 1911. A few months earlier he gave his very last concert as Music director of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. He had left Vienna and moved to …

Yuri Bashmet has achieved fame as a result of his excellence as a viola player. Here’s an opportunity to see him in another role: As conductor and interpreter of symphonic music of Brahms and Tchaikovsky. …

Grigory Sokolov Chopin: Preludes / Sonate #2 / Etudes Op. 25 The delicacy, brilliance and passion of Grigory Sokolov’s performances are among the most exciting by any pianist. On this Chopin recording, Grigory Sokolov plays …