Kreutzer Sonata.
Bell, Wang, and Beethoven. Take two world-class performers; add a music masterpiece composed by Beethoven; and watch the fireworks! Ludwig van Beethoven was born in the year 1770; and he was actively composing some …
Monthly Archive:: April 2014
Arabella’s Mozart!
Arabella! The young German violinist Arabella Steinbacher is already being hailed as one the truly great violinists of our times. The New York Times has noted her balanced lyricism and fire…(and) her finely polished …
Artemis’ Mendelssohn.
Artemis String Quartet performs: Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartets Nos. 2, 3, and 6. This new CD, containing three of Mendelssohn’s six quartets, brings us works from three distinct periods in the composer’s life: Number …
Mothers and Daughters.
Bloody Daughter. This is a 2 – DVD set made up of a documentary about Martha Argerich (told from the perspective of her daughter, Stephanie Argerich), as well as a concert DVD filmed in …
Violinist David Oistrakh.
David Oistrakh. I found out recently that 33 RPM vinyl format recordings for classical music are not dead! At Naxos of America I was able to get a recording of David Oistrakh, performing the Johannes …