Recordings Archive

Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring”: Two versions. The premiere of Stravinsky’s ‘Le sacre du printemps’ is legendary. It caused a full-blown scandal in Paris in 1913 even though the previous year the composer had participated in …

  Emil Gilels in Prague. Pianist Emil Gilels, like Svjatoslav Richter, his fellow citizen from Odessa, liked to visit the city of Prague, the city that adored Mozart. There, they felt free to set aside …

    Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin, BWV1001-1006 Performed by Midori (violin) Every major violinist will at some point of her/his career face the enormous challenge of mastering the sonatas and Partritas …

    Johannes Brahms: The Piano Concertos. This album was recorded live at the Berliner Philharmonie in September 2014 with high critical acclaim of the performances. Not only the common South American roots of both …

  Olga Pashchenko performs Beethoven. For her new recording, pianist Olga Pashchenko has chosen the combination of Beethoven’s two Opus 49 sonatas and three sets of his variations, thus tackling what are commonly called ‘smaller …