Moonlight…
Kempff’s Moonlight Early this morning, I listened to the late pianist, Wilhelm Kempff, performing the Sonata #14, also called the “Moonlight sonata” by Beethoven. Yea… this is a real warhorse; played by so many musicians; …
Recordings Archive
Mozart…
Mozart: Coronation Mass Mozart wrote the ‘Coronation’ Mass just two weeks after his appointment as Court Organist for the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg. The work achieved great renown after its performance at the Imperial Coronation in …
Brahms masterpiece
Brahms: “Ein Deutsches Requiem” (A German Requiem) Recorded live at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, in 2008 This highly spiritual work by Johannes Brahms is one of my all-time great favorite works in music. Brahms composed …
Hagen Quartet
Grieg & Brahms: Introspective / Retrospective The Hagen String quartet is an Austrian group which, to me, represents the very finest in performers of the string quartet repertoire. The balance, the sensitivity of phrasing, the …
Music by Boulez
Pierre Boulez: Mémoriale & Dérive 1 & 2 This new release is dedicated to works by one of the legendary figures in the world of contemporary music, the composer and conductor Pierre Boulez. The disc …