Julia Fischer plays Saint-Saëns and Grieg. Earlier this week, on January 27th, it was the 259th birthday of Mozart. As some sort of “celebration”, I listened very carefully to Ms. Julia Fischer perform the …
Grigory Sokolov: The Salzburg Recital. Over the past several nights, I have ended my day by listening to pianist Grigory Sokolov play the music of Beethoven. It is futile for me to tell you …
Vilde Frang plays Mozart. I spent some time yesterday in listening to Norwegian-born violinist Vilde Frang. Man, that was exciting! I always enjoy experiencing a young person’s musicianship, confidence, and the passion for one’s …
Mozart: Horn Concertos and Horn Quintet. Hunting for animals used to be common several hundreds of years ago. People did it for food and also for entertainment. The wealthy had stables of horses and …
Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos and Sinfonia Concertante. On this album violinist Rachel Barton Pine, violist Matthew Lipman, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, and Sir Neville Marriner give us a gift in …