Schubert Archive

I am a huge admirer of pianist Grigory Sokolov In my view he is one of the three top pianists on the planet today, Let me Illustrate how I arrived at this conclusion. Music is …

There is no better way to experience intimacy in music than through the magic of string quartets. I experienced this myself as an amateur violinist many years ago when I organized a trio, and later …

I confess that I do not listen to pianist Mikhail Pletnev all that often. However, whenever I do hear him play I am always impressed by his excellence. On this recording we get to enjoy …

Those of you, my friends, who follow my posts already know that I love the music of Franz Schubert. The composer died at age 31, and he left us more than 600 songs. In addition …

In an earlier post, I told you how much I enjoyed the music by Franz Schubert that I had heard performed by Russian- born pianist Sofja Gulbadamova. These things are difficult to express in words. …