Just think of any Hungarian musician or composer you know. Chances are pianist Dénes Várjon has worked on their music or with them. The list includes, but is not limited to, Zoltán Kodály, Sándor Végh, György Ligeti, György Kurtág, Ferenc
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Tchaikovsky wintered in Rome in 1879–80 and began what he first imagined as an Italian suite on folk melodies. Conductor Ionel Perlea recorded it in Vienna's Musikverein in 1956 with an intriguing ad hoc orchestra. Have a listen!
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Beethoven’s middle period piano sonatas consist of the sonatas from Op. 31 through Op. 90, twelve piano works composed between 1801 and 1814. This is Beethoven at his most recognisable, writing iconic sonatas like the Waldstein, the Appassionata, and the
