Elgar’s Symphony
Edward Elgar: Symphony No. 2 The first two works that introduced me to the compositions of British composer Edward Elgar were his violin concerto and his Enigma Variations. It was violinist Yehudi Menuhin as a …
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Cecile Licad.
Schumann: Carnaval and Papillons Robert Schumann created some amazing piano music. These pieces date from the earlier part of his short life, and they show us examples of different colors, different images, and different musical …
Chailly’s Mahler 4th.
Mahler’s Symphony #4 I will always remember my visits to the lake region in Austria, about an hour away from the historic town of Salzburg. Gustav Mahler spent his vacations there on a lake called …
Paavo’s Stravinsky.
Paavo Järvi conducts Stravinsky and Debussy Recorded live at the Salle Pleyel, Paris, September and November 2012 As is the case with every major musical anniversary, there will be more recordings of Stravinsky’s music this …
Pappa Haydn.
Haydn’s String Quartets. As a classical music lover for so many years, I learned many years ago about the violinist Ignaz Schuppanzigh, and I remembered his unusual name. I also knew that he had founded …