Recordings Archive

  Music by Mompou. Very often music is about silence: the silences between the notes. And the music of Catalan composer Federiko Mompou straddles the line beautifully between music and silence. This is music that …

  Beethoven Quartets Op. 18. Ludwig van Beethoven’s quartets Opus 18, published in 1801, consisted of his first six string quartets. They were composed between 1798 and 1800. These quartets really demonstrate Beethoven’s total mastery …

  Uchida’s Schumann. Her father was the Japanese ambassador to Austria; and Mitsuko at age 12 had the opportunity to study music in Vienna. Many years later, Pianist Mitsuko Uchida has established herself as an …

  Kabalevsky: Cello Concertos 1 and 2 Russian composer Dmitry Kabelvsky stands alongside Shostakovich and Prokofiev as one of the most important Soviet composers, but unfortunately his works are neglected today and rarely heard. We …

  Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 and 24 Performed by Andras Schiff, piano, with the Camerata Academica Salzburg, conducted by Sándor Végh Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 was probably written around the same time as …