Sep 17, 2016
Mozart, unlike Berlioz, wasn’t given to obsessive self-editing or utter obliteration of his own early efforts. He simply churned them out, like the genius he was, and moved on to the next masterpiece. But of his more than 600 known compositions, it would be a...
Sep 17, 2016
“After this second trial I could not help seeing how little my Mass was worth; so, having extracted the Resurrexit, with which I was quite pleased, I burnt the rest.” –Hector Berlioz, Mémoires (tr. David Cairns) The perfectionist young Berlioz used...
Feb 26, 2016
Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Opus 54 by Mana Tokuno I. Allegro affettuoso II. Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso III. Allegro vivace Schumann’s music has always resonated strongly with me, perhaps because of its impulsive, passionate, yet private...
