Conductors Archive

Brahms’ Masterpiece As a result of all the listening, reading and studying, I have come to admire and respect Johannes Brahms. And this great respect includes not only Brahms, the composer, but also Brahms, the …

Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT) I am a great admirer of Michael Tilson Thomas, because I see him as the “complete musician”. He is a pianist, a composer, and an excellent conductor. Mr. Thomas has huge …

Mozart piano Concerti #23 and #19 Austrian conductor Karl Böhm died on August 14, 1981; as such, this recording is quite old, but sometimes old music is still exciting and important. This recording gives us …

Sir Georg Solti To this day, and now several years after his death, I am still a great admirer of Georg Solti, the musician and conductor. His ability to achieve amazing performance excellence, accuracy, drama, …

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos 1 & 4; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Performed by Simon Trpceski, piano, and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vasily Petrenko While Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano concerto #2 became a …