Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue) Performed by: Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin New release: 10 Jan 2011 This recording provides a new look at one of Bach’s most amazing masterpieces. Read …
Mozart Gala from Salzburg This DVD is a recorded concert celebrating the 2006 Mozart birth anniversary. The performance was at the Salzburg Festival in Austria, featuring some of the world’s top singers, including Anna Netrebko, …
Howard Shelley, pianist Last night I listened carefully to pianist Howard Shelley’s performance of Schumann’s “Kinderszenen” (Scenes from Childhood), and I was both moved and delighted! What a terrific way this performer has with Schumann’s …
The Symphony No. 15 in A major (Opus 141), Dmitri Shostakovich’s last, was written in a little over a month during the summer of 1971. It is said that the composer used five musical notes …