Yuja Wang Speaks about Music and Childhood
I love the humor, child-like aspects, and wonderful expressiveness of pianist Yuja Wang. Here’s your chance to experience her in her own words:
Prokofiev Archive
Sviatoslav Richter in a Beethoven Piano Recital
Sviatoslav Richter was born in Zhitomir, Russia but grew up in Odessa. Unusually, he was largely self-taught although his organist father provided him with a basic education in music. Even at an early age, Richter …
Early Recordings by Martha Argerich
I find it interesting to occasionally listen to early recordings made by today’s well-known artists. Today I have for you some early recordings made by Martha Argerich. The works we get to hear are: Prokofiev: …
Gil Shaham Plays Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto #1
Sergei Prokofiev’s First Violin Concerto, completed in the summer of 1917 amid the turmoil of the Russian Revolution, begins somewhere up in the clouds with an expansive, gradually-unfolding melody in the solo violin. Woodwind voices …
Alexander Melnikov Plays Prokofiev: Volume 2
With this new volume, pianist Alexander Melnikov shows us three distinct periods of Prokofiev’s career, ranging from the dazzling though seldom-heard Sonata No. 4, to the magisterial Sonata No. 9. In between those two, the …