Violinist Joseph Joachim. Over the past 200 years or so, music lovers have been fortunate to experience many “giant interpreters”. While there are too many to mention, I will mention a few. Pianist Glenn Gould …
Schumann: Violin Concerto and Piano Trio. In the Fall of 1851, Robert Schumann composed his two violin sonatas and also the Piano Trio number 3, Op.110. As always during his work, Schumann was oblivious to …
The CD of the month for January, 2015 is: Dvorak: Violin Concerto and Piano Trio. Violinist Isabelle Faust is featured here along with her frequent collaborators Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexander Melnikov in a CD …
Anthony’s Sibelius. I am on a “Sibelius Kick” these days. I told you recently about a nice DVD which I’ve been listening to, with the Sibelius concerto performed by Valeriy Sokolov. I wanted a …
Elgar: Symphony No. 1. I love Edward Elgar as a composer. For many years, however, my knowledge of his compositions was pretty well restricted to three works: 1. The Violin Concerto, made famous by …