Although Kurt Weill's principal legacy lies in music theatre works of both popular appeal and intellectual weight, he was equally at home in purely orchestral works as evidenced by his two symphonies...
Despite his advanced age and teh chaos surrounding him, Richard Strauss remained highly productive well into the 1940's. As the Second World War was coming to an end in 1944-45, the eighty-year-old...
According to Gramophone magazine the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra is the best orchestra in the world, so you won't find greater quality performances than this release with the Concertgebouw and...