Rostropovich and Britten play Schubert, Schumann and Debussy
The great musical friendship between two legendary 20th century musicians, composer and pianist Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) and cellist Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007), has enriched the world with ...
30 Jan 20211h 7min
Ferenc Liszt's symphonic poem Mazeppa S. 100
Today we talk about how a Polish man turned Ukrainian military leader has inspired great artists for great works. We discuss the appearance of the symphonic poem as a genre, and one of its founders Fe...
23 Jan 20211h 32min
Mozart: Horn concertos 1-4. Dennis Horn, Herbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra
In this episode, you can find out more about the horn, originally a hunting instrument, and a respectable member of the orchestra nowadays, with some rarely performed solo concertos. We will tell you ...
16 Jan 202152min
Antonin Dvorak's Cello concerto B minor op. 104
The spectacular Cello concerto by Antonin Dvorak is one of the best examples of the genre. We tell about it, with some dives into Czech music of earlier and later times, a review of American economics...
9 Jan 20211h 21min
The Enchanted Kingdom. Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev
With this record, we dive into the mysterious and spooky world of legends and fairy tales reimagined by Russian composers on the verge of the 19th and 20th centuries. https://open.spotify.com/album/...
2 Jan 202159min
Dmitri Shostakovich’s 11th symphony (The year 1905), op. 103
In 1957, for the 40th anniversary of the Russian revolution, Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) composes his 11th symphony, and dedicates it to the first Russian revolution of 1905. Full recording under ...
26 Dec 20201h 24min
Maria Yudina - Live at Kiev Philharmonic Hall
We talk about a live recording of a concert of the great Russian pianist Maria Yudina (1899-1970) at the Philharmonic Hall in Kiev in 1954. We also tell some biographical anecdotes and stories of the ...
26 Dec 20201h 16min
Alexander Borodin's "In the steppes of Central Asia"
"In the steppes of Central Asia" is a short symphonic miniature created by Alexander Borodin (1833 - 1887) in 1880 that takes us to the Asian desert with a caravan joined by Russian military troops. H...
26 Dec 20201h 24min
