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Alexander Porfireyevich Borodin was the illegitimate son of a prince and his mistress, educated at home in St Petersburg by his mother. Although music was an early passion, he discovered his avocation once he matriculated at the citys...

Born in Bologna on 18 February 1632, Giovanni Battista Vitali was one of the most outstanding cellists of his generation. Rising to become sottomaestro di cappella at the court of the music-loving Duke Francesco II dEste in 1674, the Italians...

Born in Moscow on 4 May 1931, Gennady Rozhdestvensky stands as one of the Russias greatest conductors. Having studied at the citys conservatoire, he later became associated with orchestras including the Bolshoi and Western ensembles such as the...

With over 600 lieder as well as sacred, chamber, orchestral and piano music to his name, Franz Schubert was one of the most prolific and influential composers of his generation -- a man whose music, heavily influenced by the likes of Haydn, Mozart...

Norbert Burgmüller may have died at the tender age of 26, but during his short life he authored a significant number of works that have earned him a place among the foremost composers of the early 1800s. Among his admirers were Schumann and...

Although Johannes Brahms (1833--1897) is best known for his symphonies, string quartets and piano music, he was also a prolific writer of lieder, composing over 200 pieces in the medium. This charming collection celebrates his wonderfully rich,...

Although famous for his evergreen Piano Concerto and the music he composed for Ibsens Peer Gynt, Griegs output is dominated by short works -- exquisite miniatures for piano and song. In the pantheon...

In 1978 Alfred Schnittke (1934-98) wrote the incidental music for a production of The Inspectors Tale, an adaptation for stage of Gogols Dead Souls. It was to have been directed by Yuri Lyubimov, but the Soviet government banned the production. A...

Francesca Caccini was certainly an exceptional woman. Not only was she a diva of the Baroque world who had the voice of a nightingale, but she was also a lutenist, poet, and the first ever female to compose a full-scale opera (La liberazione...

When, nearly 30 years since its release, a review of a reissue of Karajans recording of Der Rosenkavalier opens with the words It really does triumph over them all -- even the outstanding 1969 Solti/Decca... (Gramophone, 1988) you know that you...

Beethovens piano concertos are cornerstones of the keyboard repertoire, and yet in their time they formed the subject of much cynical debate: the sounds that we are today adjusted to were difficult for the ears of concert-goers then, and any...

The most famous scion of a musical family which stretched across at least ten generations, Johann Sebastian Bach had a very strong sense of history, tradition, and his evolving place in it, and was instrumental in curating and adding to the library...

The music of late-romantic Viennese composer Franz Schreker was largely forgotten by the end of World War Two, but there has recently been a revival in interest in his work. Fundamentally a theatre composer, he is most famous for his operas, but...

Giacomo Carissimi may not exactly be a household name, but during his time he was one of the most respected musicians in Europe. Born in 1605, he avoided becoming a cooper, unlike the rest of his family, cultivating his musical talent first as a...

Blind from childhood, Antonio de Cabezon (b.1510) was was appointed organist in the chapel of Queen Isabella at the age of 16, and in 1538, became músico de la cámara to her husband Charles V. After Isabellas death he was appointed the musical tutor...

This exciting new issue brings together one of the most popular of late-Romantic composers with a fine talent on the Italian scene who is quickly winning a reputation abroad. Sandro Ivo Bartoli has shown himself a fine champion of early...

An original contribution to the Verdi and Wagner celebrations of 2013: the complete Verdi and Wagner transcriptions by Liszt! Incredible One is only one of dozens of adulatory salutations to be found in Liszts letters to Wagner, and Liszts devotion...

Hans von Bulow called Bachs Well Tempered Clavier The Old Testament of music -- Beethovens 32 piano sonatas being the so called New Testament. Bachs set of 48 preludes and matching fugues is the ultimate in keyboard instruction. Intended for his...

Today Richard Wagner is best known for his extraordinary operas; any success in other domains was dwarfed by these compositional feats in the world of musical theatre. But Wagners piano works can be seen to be just as important in understanding...

Amongst the standard performances for this repertoire, here conducted by Jaap van Zweden, the current music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Great performances by 2 of the best Dutch orchestras, both were under his artistic leadership...