Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 Brahms’ second piano concerto has had a particularly notable history in the city of Dresden, Germany, where the composer himself played the …
Arabella! The young German violinist Arabella Steinbacher is already being hailed as one the truly great violinists of our times. The New York Times has noted her balanced lyricism and fire…(and) her finely polished …
Artemis String Quartet performs: Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartets Nos. 2, 3, and 6. This new CD, containing three of Mendelssohn’s six quartets, brings us works from three distinct periods in the composer’s life: Number …
Bloody Daughter. This is a 2 – DVD set made up of a documentary about Martha Argerich (told from the perspective of her daughter, Stephanie Argerich), as well as a concert DVD filmed in …
David Oistrakh. I found out recently that 33 RPM vinyl format recordings for classical music are not dead! At Naxos of America I was able to get a recording of David Oistrakh, performing the Johannes …