Reviews Archive

  Happy Mozart event. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was about 28 years old when he composed the piano concerto #17, which was given the Koechel designation”K.453”. Pianist Menachem Pressler was about 90 years old when he …

  Four Fiddlers. Peter Tchaikovsky composed his violin concerto in 1878. That is 136 years ago, and the music public is still thrilled to hear this work. For today’s post, I have selected four violinists …

  Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 and Symphony No. 3 This CD features an unusual pairing of two of Brahms’ most popular scores. It also gives us an opportunity to listen to pianist Svjatoslav …

  Berlin Philharmonic concert: Saturday, January 25th, 2014. The Berlin Philharmonic dedicated this concert to their former chief conductor, the late Claudio Abbado, who died at the age of 80 on January 20th. I often …

  Rachmaninov: Symphony # 1 Performed by Vasily Petrenko, leading the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. The music of Sergei Rachmaninov always impresses me with the composer’s amazing melodies. He develops these with great innovation, changes …