Category: Media

• Did you know that Verdi composed a string quartet?

  Oct 23

  Giuseppe Verdi’s String Quartet in E minor was written in the spring of 1873 during a production of Aida in Naples. It is the only surviving chamber music work in… more ›

• Daniil Trifonov – Fantaisie-Impromptu In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66

  Oct 23

  Listen to Chopin’s “Fantaisie Impromptu” played by Daniil Trifonov. Daniil Trifonov’s new album contains Chopin’s two beautiful piano concertos in fascinating new orchestrations by pianist-conductor-composer Mikhail Pletnev. Alongside the concerts… more ›

• Claude Debussy – La Demoiselle élue (1959 recording)

  Oct 19

  La Damoiselle élue (The Blessed Damozel), L. 62, is a cantata for two soloists, female choir, and orchestra, composed by Claude Debussy in 1887–1889 based on a text by Dante… more ›

• Descent into Oboe Hell

  Sep 27

  Principal Oboe Olivier Stankiewicz is embarking upon the oboe solo at the end of last Sunday’s performance of The Damnation of Faust when he realises he has a water bubble… more ›

• Iannis Xenakis – Empreintes (For Orchestra) (1975)

  Sep 21

  Xenakis made use of the resources of the expanded modern orchestra throughout his composing career. Visceral gestures‚ prolonged in sequences of vibrant inner activity‚ typify Xenakis’s Pythagorean ballet for Balanchine‚… more ›

• Iannis Xenakis – Aroura (for string orchestra) (1971)

  Sep 20

  Aroura is a composition for strings by Greek/French composer Iannis Xenakis. It was composed in 1971. The title of this composition should be translated as “Earth”. It was first performed… more ›

• Franz Liszt – Sonata in B minor (1853)

  Sep 4

  The Sonata in B minor, S.178, is a sonata for solo piano by Franz Liszt. It was completed in 1853 and published in 1854 with a dedication to Robert Schumann.… more ›

• Oscar Hylén – String Quartet in D-major (1870)

  Aug 21

  Oscar Hylén (1846 – disappeared 1886) student to Berwald. Work: String Quartet in D-major (1870) Mov.I: Allegro Mov.II: Andante Mov.III: Scherzo: Allegro Mov.IV: Final: Molto allegro quasi presto Ensemble: Frydénkvartetten… more ›

• 10 Best Recordings of Beethoven 7 (Part 2)

  Aug 20

  Here is part 2 of our choice of the 10 best recordings of Beethoven’s Sympony No. 7 composed in 1811-12. The listing is chronological. 6. Frans Brüggen with Orchestra of the Eighteenth… more ›

• 10 Best Recordings of Beethoven 7 (Part 1)

  Aug 20

  Here is part 1 of our choice of the 10 best recordings of Beethoven’s Sympony No. 7 composed in 1811-12. 1. Arturo Toscanini with the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New… more ›