Conductors Archive

On this CD, violinist Andrew Haveron plays for you the following selections: Korngold: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 Andrew Haveron (violin) RTE Concert Orchestra John Wilson I. Moderato nobile   II. Romanze. Andante …

When he created his ‘Great’ symphony in C major, Franz Schubert composed a work of mighty proportions. Robert Schumann, who became aware of the score after Schubert’s death, spoke of  The symphony’s amazing attributes. Not …

Violinist Nikolaj Znaider graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Music studying under Milan Vitek and from the Vienna Conservatory studying under Boris Kuschnir. He became well-known after his victory in the Queen Elisabeth Music …

Edward Elgar’s Cello Concert was his last major work for orchestra, and his most personal. In spite of fleeting moments of idyllic peacefulness, it is dominated by disillusionment, by a sense of suffering that at times …

During the year of Beethoven’s 250th anniversary, his piano concertos are an important source for understanding the history of the practice of this instrument. In the early nineteenth century, the modern permanently replaced the harpsichord …