In 1936, after a performance of “Lady MacBeth of the Mtsensk District,” an article in “Pravda,” the Russian newspaper of the time, publically denounced Shostakovich. The article, often attributed to Joseph Stalin, entitled “Muddle or Music,” claimed that Shostakovich...
The Four Last Songs were among Richard Strauss’ last works. He composed them in 1948, shortly before his death. They are all set to poems, three of them by Hermann Hesse — Frühling (Spring), September, and Beim Schlafengehen (While Falling Asleep) — and...
A dramatic work for three voices and orchestra.
One of the more frequently performed early symphonies of Mozart.
Wagner’s work for chamber orchestra was composed as a birthday present to his wife Cosima.
This concerto was dedicated to Marcel Moyse.
The tango composition Primavera Porteña is the third section of Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas.
L’Autunno is the third part of Vivaldi’s best-known work.
Suite from Prokofiev’s film music.
Stravinsky’s arrangement of his own piano duets.