cd101. every time we say goodbye02. it don’t mean a thing (if it ain’t got that swing) (with duke ellington)03. dream a little dream of me (with louis armstrong)...więcej »
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...więcej »
One of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century, Dmitri Shostakovich's output includes symphonies, concertos, operas and film scores, among others. With his career constantly hampered by p...więcej »
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is considered one of the most influential composers of all time. The child prodigy would become the author of some of today's best loved instrumental works, and a true king ...więcej »
When, nearly 30 years since its release, a review of a reissue of Karajan's recording of Der Rosenkavalier opens with the words 'It really does triumph over them all -- even the outstanding 1969 So...więcej »
Young Italian composer Giovanni Albini has an impressive résumé. After gaining full marks in his Composition degree at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan, he later obtained a Ma...więcej »
The supreme master of the chamber duet genre was Agostino Steffani, recently celebrated by Cecilia Bartoli, and it is no coincidence that Handel had a manuscript copy of Steffani's famous duets wit...więcej »
Piąta cześć bestsellerowej sagi kryminalnej w interpretacji Marcina PerchuciaDlaczego matka Eriki Falck zachowała wśród rupieci stary hitlerowski medal? To pytanie nie daje spokoju Eri...więcej »
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 fema...więcej »
As was tradition in his family, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov trained to be a naval cadet. He continued to compose throughout his years in service and was appointed Professor of Composition and Orchestra...więcej »
It was with this opera, premiered in Milan in 1830, that Donizetti's reputation as one of the leading opera composers of Europe was cemented. The premiere was quickly followed by performances in Lo...więcej »
Although little appreciated in his native France for many years, Hector Berlioz now safely resides among the giants of the 19th century's musical scene. The composer's vocal output is extensive and...więcej »
Many of Liszt's works were transcribed for other instruments, both by the composer himself and other musicians.These hauntingly beautiful pieces for cello and piano were originally written for pian...więcej »
This new recording presents the complete guitar works of Llobet, who himself was a virtuoso on his instrument, as shown in the complex and innovative writing. Barcelona-born Miguel Llobet once play...więcej »
Sonatas for piano with violin, Beethoven thought of them, and the early set of three Op. 12 does seem to look back towards the early Classical, even late-Baroque emphasis on the multi-voiced part t...więcej »
CO SIĘ DZIEJE W MÓZGU, KIEDY MYŚLIMY O PIENIĄDZACH?Otóż całkiem dużo. Nie wszystko, co się dzieje, ma jednak korzystny wpływ na stan naszych finansów. W Twój m&oac...więcej »
The third instalment of this survey of Bela Bartók's output for violin offers the two violin sonatas and the two rhapsodies. The sonatas, masterpieces of immense complexity and difficulty, s...więcej »
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 avocat...więcej »
Apollo e Dafne is an early work of Handel's, completed at the latest by 1710 when he was 25 years old in Hanover, whence Handel departed in 1710 after Agrippina had made such an impact in Venice. H...więcej »
The 19th century was a significant time for both opera and the guitar. Opera was everywhere, and its characteristics gradually began to appear in other styles of music as composers tried to encapsu...więcej »