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The audience who first heard the E minor symphony in Meiningen on October 25, 1885 was enthusiastic. It was to be another great success for the composer, who, since Wagner's death in 1883, has been...

Brahms / Kontarsky Variations-Opp CD

Again and again, attempts were made to uncover aspects of a hidden topic in Brahms' suddenly successful 3rd Symphony. The Brahms biographer Max Kalbeck saw the composer's preoccupation with Faust...

During the fourteen years in which he worked on his First Symphony, Brahms was under a high pressure of expectation: in the shadow cast by Beethoven, he was forced to take a compositionally...

In the handwritten catalogue of his own works, Brahms recorded that he had composed the Second Symphony in P?rtschach; and already during the summer Eduard Hanslick received the information from...

Having discovered Chopin for yourself - that sounds like nothing unusual. It is more unusual, however, to discover Louis-Moreau Gottschalk, he is unknown to most and has written a very special kind...

Concert Royal Cologne Wind Chamber Music CD

Emil Hartmann (1836-1898) had a heavy family heritage to lift, being the son of one of the true greats in Danish music life, the composer and organist J.P.E. Hartmann. In Denmark, Emil Hartmann had...

Distler / Stegmann / Berlin Vocal Ensemble Morikechorliederbuch CD

Johannes Martin Doemming, born on 30 September 1703 in Spiez (Thuringia), was employed at the court of Bentheim-Tecklenburg (County of Limburg) under Prince Moritz Casimir. In addition to free board...

Duport / Lee,Sebastian / Rummel / Hartung 21 Etudes With An Accompaniment At A Second Cello CD1. Exercises (21) Faisants Suite ? L'essai Sur Le Doigt?, for 2 Cellos: NR. 1 in F Major. Andante 2...

Eberl / Trio Ecco Beethovens Forgotten Contemporary CD1. Andante Maestoso - Allegro Con Spirito 2. Adagio Non Troppo Ma Con Espressione 3. Scherzo - Molto Vivace 4. Allegretto 5. Allegro 6. Scherzo -...