Schubert Archive

Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 And Works by Liszt In this interesting recital, Emanuel Ax achieves a fascinating set of portraits of Franz Liszt, and of Frederic Chopin. From some research on these two composers …

Dance and Quartet: Three Ballets with accompaniment by string quartet Back in the 1800’s, when entertainment was all in live form, musicians and composers created combinations of instruments to provide entertainment. That led to the …

The Gift of Music. Yesterday I watched a great film about one of my favorite pianists, Russian-born Evgeny Kissin. Naturally, this DVD was filled with great performances of the music of Beethoven, Haydn, Franz Schubert, …

Lang at Carnegie Hall. On Saturday, June 1, 2013, I listened to a recording of pianist Lang Lang, as he performed his concert at Carnegie Hall that took place a few years ago. Personally, I …

Janine Jansen plays Schoenberg and Schubert As many of you know from my previous posts, I am a great admirer of violinist Janine Jansen. She now presents a new album coupling two of the most …