Mandolin!
J. S. Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, adapted for mandolin. The plucked and strummed instruments are among the oldest on the planet. The early keyboard instruments featured mechanisms that plucked the strings of the Cembalo, and …
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Yehudi Menuhin: The Great Violin Concertos I wrote last about this great violinist 5 days ago, and I described the little book I am reading about Mr. Menuhin. Then I went on to offer comparisons …
Colin Davis.
The Staatskapelle Dresden performs: Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 Schubert: Symphony in B minor, D759 ‘Unfinished’ Performed by the Staatskapelle Dresden, conducted by Sir Colin Davis This recording combines two giant …
Transfigured Night.
Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht Antonin Dvorak: Sextet for Strings Arnold Schoenberg’s work ‘Transfigured Night’ is a musical setting for a relationship struggle between two people. It is a dark, brooding piece that deals with transgression …
Alexander Zemlinsky.
Zemlinsky: String Quartets, Volume 1 Alexander Zemlinsky was born in 1871 in Vienna, and he grew up in the so-called Leopoldstadt district (Second Bezirk), which was characterized by the many Jewish families who lived there. …