Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Today it’s one of the most well-loved violin concertos, but it wasn’t so popular at first... Violinist ...
Beethoven is lionized as a composer and artist. His music is treated with a reverence that can sometimes hide the intellect and passion he intended to convey to the audiences of his era. The first ...
Violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Cédric Tiberghien, on period instruments, offer zest-filled and elegant readings of four Beethoven sonatas Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien get their ...
Viktoria Mullova and Alasdair Beatson end their cycle of Beethoven violin sonatas with energised and immaculate performances Viktoria Mullova began her cycle of the Beethoven violin sonatas partnered ...
The Takacs Quartet. Left to right: Károly Schranz, second violin; Geraldine Walther, viola; András Fejer, cello; Edward Dusinberre, first violin. When Ludwig van Beethoven unveiled his Seventh String ...
Maurice Ravel famously said of his own Sonata for violin and piano that both instruments are “essentially incompatible”. But when German violinist Isabelle Faust and Russian pianist Alexander Melnikov ...
The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) continues its 50th anniversary celebrations with the release of a landmark new album, Beethoven & Brahms: Concertos for Violin and Orchestra, featuring Artistic ...
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Stella Chen, Violin Academy of St Martin in the Fields Jean-Jacques Kantorow, Conductor Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Stella Chen, Violin Academy of St Martin in ...
Putting into words what separates good music from great music is a difficult task. It is easier to hear the works side by side to appreciate the difference. Several new releases provide excellent ...