David Oistrakh
The Very Best of David Oistrakh There may well be some of you, my readers, who possibly have not heard the name, David Oistrakh. Back in the 1950’s and later, he was a very well-known …
Recordings Archive
Rafal Blechacz
Rafal Blechacz plays Debussy & Szymanowski Debussy: Pour le piano Estampes (3) (Complete) L’isle joyeuse Szymanowski: Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8 Performed by Rafal …
Dinnerstein’s Schubert
Simone Dinnerstein Simone Dinnerstein: “Something Almost Being Said” Music of Bach and Schubert After the success of Simone Dinnerstein’s first album, “Bach – A strange beauty”, which immediately earned the No. 1 spot on the …
Shostakovich’s magic
Shostakovich’s magic Three of my favorite compositions by Dmitri Shostakovich are available on this recording: the Piano Concerto #2, the violin and piano sonata Op. 134, and the concerto for piano, trumpet, and orchestra. The …
Richter’s Beethoven
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Numbers 7, 12, and 23 ‘Appassionata’ During his lifetime, Sviatoslav Richer mostly performed fewer than half of Beethoven’s sonatas on the concert stage. He simply wanted to emphasize the lesser-known of these …