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Friday, December 8, 2023
Rachmaninoff - Symphonic Dances, Opus 45
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Sergei Rachmaninoff completed his last major work, the Symphonic Dances , in 1940. It had a good reception at the time of its premiere in 1...
Saturday, October 21, 2023
Liszt - A Faust Symphony
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When Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) gave up the life of a traveling piano virtuoso to devote himself to composition in 1847 it was with the enc...
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Alkan - Piano Trio In G Minor Opus 30
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Paris in 1837 attracted artists of all persuasions, not least of all some of the most well known names in classical music. Franz Liszt and ...
Friday, July 14, 2023
Beethoven - String Trio In C Minor, Opus 9, No. 3
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String trios for violin, viola and cello came about as a form roughly in the last half of the 18th century. They came from the earlier form...
Thursday, July 6, 2023
Litolff - Concerto Symphonique No. 2 In B Minor
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Henry Litolff was born in London, but by the time he was 17 he began to make his way around Europe as a pianist, conductor and composer. He...
Monday, April 17, 2023
Wagner - Overture to 'The Flying Dutchman'
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In 1839, the young Richard Wagner was the conductor of the Court Theater in Riga, Latvia. In what turned out to be a recurring problem as a...
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Beethoven - Coriolan Overture
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The plays of Shakespeare have inspired other playwrights and composers for many years. Shakespeare wrote a play entitled Coriolanus, which ...
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