Recordings Archive

  Barber and Sibelius: Violin Concertos. Samuel Barber was born in 1910, and Jean Sibelius in 1865. While a period of 45 years separates these two composers, I find the pairing of these two works …

Franck, Dvorak, Grieg: Violin Sonatas. Violinist Renaud Capuçon has established himself as an artist with a reputation for impeccable performances and fine interpretations of classics and lesser-known repertoire. For this album he recorded a recital …

Imogen Cooper plays Schumann. This recording by Imogen Cooper features some of Robert Schumann‘s most typical and complex works for solo piano. Cooper is one of those artists who are reaching a glorious maturity; she …

  Bernstein: Symphony No. 3, ‘Kaddish’. Three examples of Leonard Bernstein’s vocal compositions can be heard in this recording. His Symphony No. 3 ‘Kaddish’ uses an oratorio-like form with a prominent role for a speaker. …

  Weber: Clarinet Concertos. In early 1811 Carl Maria von Weber met the brilliant clarinetist Heinrich Bärmann. Their friendship produced the Concertino in E flat major and then the concertos in F minor and E …