Symphony #2 by Johannes Brahms
The Symphony #2 opens serenely as Brahms gives the horns, winds, and finally the strings a melody that certainly qualifies as serene. This melody grows out of three notes sounded by the basses and cellos, …
Conductors Archive
Carlos Kleiber Conducts Beethoven’s Symphony #4
Orchestral and Opera conductor, Carlos Kleiber, was—in my view— the greatest conductor of the past 100 years. Kleiber was born in 1930, the son of eminent Austrian conductor Erich Kleiber. Kleiber has conducted the Vienna …
David Oistrakh and Sviatoslav Richter Perform Cesar Franck
David Oistrakh, the great Russian violinist, outstanding pedagogue, and esteemed conductor was born in the city of Odessa in the Russian Empire (now Ukraine). His father was David Kolker and his mother was Isabella Beyle …
Haydn’s Wonderful Symphony #98
Haydn composed his Symphony #98 early in 1792, and it was premiered on 2 March. It is an inward-looking work, at least in its first two movements. Haydn wrote in his notebook that ‘The new …
Carlos Kleiber Conducts Beethoven’s Symphony #4
Music is King. Words are unimportant; so all I will write is that conductor Carlos Kleiber was – in my view – the greatest orchestral and Opera conductor of the past 100 years. Click below …