J.P. Waud Remembered
The history of the double bass has always held an enormous fascination for me, especially the players, teachers, and composers, and over the past 40 […]
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Historical Recordings of Chopin’s Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2
Great pianists’ different approaches to this famous work open up a world of interpretative possibilities.
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Pupils of Liszt
Recordings by students of the legendary composer provide great insights into 19th-century pianism.
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The Master Teacher: The Great Theodor Leschetizky
Exploring some of the unique pianists who studied with a truly remarkable teacher.
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The Composer’s Voice: Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff
Hearing a composer play their own works can be a revelatory experience.
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Rossini’s “Une Larme”
Gioachino Rossini (1792 – 1868) is one of the most fascinating of all 19th-century composers and, at the age of 38 and after the production
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Back to Brahms: Two Great Pianists
Recordings of two pianists who were coached by Brahms reveal a very different approach to playing his works.
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Bottesini’s Gran Duo Concertante
As a composer, Bottesini, could not, and, in his modesty, never pretended to, rise to the lofty level of his friends and countrymen, Verdi, Boito
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Bert Turetzky — An American Original
Early in his career, while teaching at the Hartt School of Music in Connecticut, Turetzky’s life took a change of direction. A friend, a composer,
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Karel Reiner — Sonata for Double Bass
Karel Reiner (1910 – 1979) — a major missing voice in Czech music — suffered under both of twentieth-century Europe’s major tyrannies. As a Jew
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