The Lark Ascending. It has been a while since I featured music from Britain here, at my Blog. Today is the day that I correct that deficiency with music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, as …
Ludwig van Beethoven: The Cello Sonatas. On this recording, Cellist Steven Isserlis presents Beethoven’s complete works for cello and piano, including Beethoven’s arrangement of his Horn Sonata. The use of the accompanying fortepiano opens …
The great conductor, Sir Georg Solti, was born on October 21st, 1912, and he died in France just before his 85th birthday. In my view, he was one of the all-time great Orchestra and …
Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Concert Review of Friday, December 5th, 2014. Behzod Abduraimov, piano soloist. Yesterday at my Blog, I wrote about Martha Argerich, who is 73 years old and still thrilling us with her …
Sergei Rachmaninov: Music For Two Pianos. While I am not counting, I suspect that pianist Martha Argerich is one of six musicians who appear most frequently on this Blog. And for good reason: I …