Chamber Music & Recitals

Written by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt in 1838 and revised in 1851, these ?tudes are piano transcriptions of six of Niccolo Paganini's caprices for violin. Paganini was an Italian violinist known for his technical virtuosity, and Liszt, inspired by a...

Written between 1905 and 1908, the Suite Iberia was and is without any doubt Albeniz's masterpiece. Iberia is an ambitious and remarkably sophisticated composition with a formidable architectural structure of uniquely impressive dimensions. All the...

Written between 1900 and 1949 these four sonatas for violin and piano represent some of the best music written in France in the first half of the 20th Century. Each work is a masterpiece and together they form a richly varied recital expressing the gamut...

Written between 1887 and 1890, Gabriel Faur?'s Requiem is among the best-loved pieces in the choral repertory. Traditionally, Requiems are serious, prayerful laments for the dead. Faur?'s was altogether different. In place of the usual somber mood, his...

Written around 1740, this collection of Sonatas was likely composed to celebrate the arrival of the illustrious Salvatore Lanzetti, an incredible cello virtuoso, at the official court of Turin. It was at this noble destination that the fifty-year-old...

Written almost 100 years ago, The Thief of Bagdad is one of the greatest ever film scores and incredibly, has never been recorded untill l now - FHR are honored to be able to release the first recording of this wonderful score. Recorded in 2019, this...

Written after Mussorgsky had met Russian artist and designer Viktor Hartmann, Pictures at an Exhibition is by far Mussorgsky's most played work. The piece was written when Hartmann gave Mussorgsky two 'pictures.' Hartmann very suddenly died aged 39;...

Writing for the piano was the focal point of Stravinsky's composing activity, despite the small number of works he wrote explicitly for the instrument. This program testifies to this by creating a dialogue both between the pieces themselves, and the...

Writing for strings was as natural for Schubert as breathing. The Schubert family quartet consisted of his father and brothers, in which Franz played viola. Schubert's melodic gifts are among the most notable qualities of his enormous output.1...

Write one such piece and one can die." So pronounced Rachmaninov, no less, after hearing the second of Medtner's Arabesques.1. Stimmungsbilder Op 1 2. Trois Improvisations Op 2 3. Quatre Morceaux Op 4 4. Drei Arabesken Op 7 5. Drei Dithyramben Op 10 6...

Worthy of comparison with those of Beethoven, Onslow's three Cello Sonatas are amongst the finest to have been written in France in the first half of the 19th century.1. Sonata in F Major, Op 16, No 1 - Maria Kliegel/Nina Tichmann 2. Sonata in C minor,...

World-renowned conductor Bruno Walter was particularly well acquainted with Gustav Mahler's work, and was employed as his assistant at the Hamburg Opera at the time Mahler's Second Symphony was given it's premiere in Berlin. Walter prepared his precise...