Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, are probably the main work (or at least the most renowned) of Johann Sebastian Bach. They are often played at the piano and the harpsichord, but also on the organ, or with chamber music ensemble (Quartets, Trios). ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
This album contains a number of short pieces, most of which were written by the author during the first years of his career. Debussy’s way of writing for piano at this early stage is less articulated yet it contains a certain degree of complexity ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Ysaÿe: 6 Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27
"I'd never heard a violinist play so in tune before hearing Ysaÿe," claimed Pablo Casals (who himself was an outstanding cellist and personality of the 1900s). ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Rameau: Complete Harpsichord Works
One of the most influential French composers and music theorists of the Baroque era, Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) was the successor of Jean-Baptiste Lully as the major French opera composer, and is also widely ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Pour le piano (1901), Estampes (1903) and Masques (1904) belong to the period preceding that of the composer’s piano masterpieces, such as Images and Préludes, written between 1904 and 1913. Nevertheless they mark a fundamental stage in the composer’s ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Beethoven: Late Sonatas, Opp. 101 & 106 Hammerklavier
'If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.' We could imagine that, like Newton, even Beethoven could have pronounced this adage. We might imagine, in fact, it being the wish of the Bonn master to go beyond the music
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Mozart: Piano Quartets, K. 478 & 493
Quartetto Avos - Mozart Piano Quartets
Mozart received a commission for three quartets in 1785 from the publisher Franz Anton Hoffmeister. Hofmeister's fear that the work was too difficult for amateurs so he released Mozart from the obligation of completing the set.
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Royer: Complete Harpsichord Works
Born in Turin, Royer went to Paris in 1725, and in 1734 became maétre de musique des enfants de France, responsible for the musical education of the children of the king, Louis XV. All his music for harpsichord is contained ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Reincken: Complete Keyboard Works, Vol. 3
This release features his complete music for keyboard instruments, which unsurprisingly dominates his total output. It contains Suites, Variations, Toccatas (here played on the harpsichord), two big organ chorale fantasias and a well ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Reincken: Complete Keyboard Works, Vol. 2
This release features his complete music for keyboard instruments, which unsurprisingly dominates his total output. It contains Suites, Variations, Toccatas (here played on the harpsichord), two big organ chorale fantasias and a well ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Reincken: Complete Keyboard Works, Vol. 1
This release features his complete music for keyboard instruments, which unsurprisingly dominates his total output. It contains Suites, Variations, Toccatas (here played on the harpsichord), two big organ chorale fantasias and a well ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
