Manuel de Falla: Danse Espagnole [Galy, González-Buajasán]

French violinist Manon Galy and the Cuban-born French pianist Jorge González-Buajasán perform Manuel de Falla’s Danse Espagnole (Spanish Dance), originally the Dance from Falla’s 1913 opera La vida breve (Spanish Life is Short or The Brief Life), which was arranged for violin and piano by the Austrian-born American violinist and composer Friedrich “Fritz” Kreisler (February …

Dvořák: Terzetto [Kang, Chang, Grosz]

Clara-Jumi Kang (violin), Hana Chang (Violin), and Amihai Grosz (viola) perform Antonín Dvořák’s Terzetto in C major, Op. 74 (B. 148), a chamber work for two violins and viola, published in 1887. This performance was recorded during the Evening Concert of the International Chamber Music Festival Utrecht on December 29, 2022, at TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht, …

Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 [International Chamber Music Festival Utrecht]

Boris Brovtsyn (violin), Clara-Jumi Kang (violin), Amihai Grosz (viola), Timothy Ridout (viola), Pablo Ferrández (cello), and Zvi Plesser (cello) perform Johannes Brahms’ String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Opus 36. This performance was the opening concert of the Internationaal Kamermuziek Festival Utrecht (International Chamber Music Festival). Recorded on December 27, 2022, at the TivoliVredenburg …

2023 Nobel Prize Concert [Soloist: Julia Fischer]

This year’s Nobel Prize Concert brings together world-renowned conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and acclaimed violinist Julia Fischer, together with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. On 8 December, works by Boccherini, Brahms, and Ravel were performed on the Konserthuset Stockholm stage. The audience also heard a work by the exciting young American composer Gabriella Smith (b. 1991). …

Janine Jansen and Jean-Yves Thibaudet perform Debussy, Grieg, and Chausson

Dutch violinist Janine Jansen and the French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet perform “Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor, L. 140” (Claude Debussy), “Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major, Op. 13” (Edvard Grieg), and “Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet in D Major, Op. 21” (Accompanied by the Dover Quartet) (Ernest Chausson). This …

Ravel: Tzigane [Renaud Capuçon]

Accompanied by the hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra), the French violinist Renaud Capuçon performs Maurice Ravel‘s Tzigane, a rhapsodic composition that was commissioned by and dedicated to Hungarian violinist Jelly d’Arányi (1893-1966). Conductor: Alain Altinoglu. This performance was recorded on June 10, 2022, at the Alte Oper Frankfurt.

Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve [Rusanda Panfili, Donka Angatscheva]

Moldovan violinist Rusanda Panfili and the Austrian pianist of Bulgarian descent Donka Angatscheva perform Après un rêve, a classical art song composed by French composer Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924). The piece was originally written for voice and piano in 1877, with lyrics by Romain Bussine (1830-1899). The title translates to “After a Dream” in English. Recorded …