Brahms: Piano Pieces, Opp. 117, 118, 119 Some of the music of Johannes Brahms goes with me everywhere. And it’s easy, once I load it into my iPod. The Intermezzi Op. 117 are my great …
Britten and Shostakovich: Violin Concertos On this CD, violinist James Ehnes teams up with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and its music director, Kirill Karabits, in performances of Violin Concertos by Benjamin Britten and Dmitri Shostakovich. …
Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 Clarinet Trio Johannes Brahms wrote some wonderful chamber music! Violin and piano sonatas; Cello sonatas; Clarinet/Viola sonatas; and then there are all the string quartets, quintets, and …
Edward Elgar: Symphony No. 2 The first two works that introduced me to the compositions of British composer Edward Elgar were his violin concerto and his Enigma Variations. It was violinist Yehudi Menuhin as a …
Schumann: Carnaval and Papillons Robert Schumann created some amazing piano music. These pieces date from the earlier part of his short life, and they show us examples of different colors, different images, and different musical …