Composers Archive

Romeo and Juliet This CD features a terrific recording of Prokofiev’s amazing score for the ballet Romeo & Juliet conducted by Valery Gergiev. The London Symphony Orchestra, under Gergiev as Principal Conductor spent much of …

Samuel Barber violin concerto In addition to the wonderful Barber concerto, there is actually a second concerto on this CD: Composed by Edgar Meyer, one of our top Bass players, too. Here are the tracks …

Rachmaninov: Preludes and more… Rachmaninov: Preludes Op. 23 Nos. 1-10 (complete) Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3 Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5 Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3 Preludes Op. 32 Nos. 1-13 (complete) Moments Musicaux, Op. …

Kissin plays Liszt Franz Liszt was born on October 22, 1811; as such this is the “Liszt year”, and we are going to have all sorts of CD’s and DVD’s come to market to celebrate …

Allison Balsom, trumpet As a trumpet player, once you master the concerti of Haydn and Hummel, the challenge is to locate additional music that one can perform. Allison Balsom decided to transcribe some old music, …