Igor Levit Plays the Beethoven Piano Sonata #18
Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Piano Sonata in E flat Major Op.31 No.3 in 1802. It was said that he was not satisfied with his previous compositions and he intended to make a fresh start …
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David Oistrakh Plays Mozart Sonata KV 481
David Oistrakh was a giant among 20th-century musicians, a violinist whose outward calm still showed us his genius as a performer and the circumstances of his life and career as an artist. With the warm, …
Evgeny Kissin Plays the Waltz Opus 64, #2 by Chopin
The Waltz in C-sharp minor is a fine example of the character and mood of Chopin’s later waltzes. Beginning with a poignant sigh, the first theme of the waltz has somewhat of a character of …
Conductor Philippe Herreweghe
Philippe Herreweghe was born in Ghent, Belgium and studied at both the university and music conservatory there, studying piano with Marcel Gazelle. During this period he started conducting and founded the Collegium Vocale Gent in …
Violist Tabea Zimmermann Plays Brahms
Tabea Zimmermann began learning the viola at the age of three, and two years later began playing the piano. She studied with Ulrich Koch at the Musikhochschule Freiburg and subsequently with Sandor Vegh at the …