Recordings Archive

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 ‘Leningrad’ Performed by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vasily Petrenko Shostakovich’s seventh symphony was completed in December, 1941. The composer wrote: ‘I dedicate my …

Brahms: String Quartet and Clarinet Quintet Brahms was already 40 years old when he produced this Second String Quartet (of three) after twenty years of unsuccessful attempts. And the result is a work with amazingly …

J S Bach: Violin Concertos The amazing composer Johann Sebastian Bach grew up around violin music: his father Johann Ambrosius was an accomplished violinist. This influence is reflected in Johann Sebastian’s compositions, which contains a …

“War Horse” The title of today’s post refers to music that is so well-known that perhaps we have stopped listening to its magic. Other compositions in this category are the Symphony #5 by Beethoven, or …

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93 Performed by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons, conducting After Joseph Stalin had died, and after Dmitry Shostakovich’s music had been publicly denounced in his own …