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Daniel Gottlieb Steibelt
Harp Concerto Sonata for 2 organs in G major During the first half of the nineteenth century, the piano became all the rage as a powerful and expressive concert instrument as well as the parlor instrument par excellence. Technical changes
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Isabelle Faust
Winner of the 1987 Leopold Mozart Competition and the 1993 Paganini Competition, Isabelle Faust is one of the most prominent young violinists of the day. Born in Esslingen, Germany, ten miles southeast of Stuttgart, Faust started playing the violin at
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Art Song Project
What’s this project? This is our dream: We‘re finally in the position to share with you all the unsung songs we‘ve found. Some people ask why we bother spending our time with the works of composers nobody has heard of.
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Alice Sara Ott
“The soloist, replacing Lang Lang at short notice, was Alice Sara Ott, who gave the kind of gawp-inducing bravura performance of which legends are made.” – Tim Ashley, The Guardian, November 2010
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Ferdinand Ries
Clarinet Trio Op. 28 (1810) Flute Quartet in C Major Op.145 No.1 (1830) Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op.125 (1799) Ferdinand Ries (1784 – 1838) was a German composer and the most notable friend and pupil of Ludwig van Beethoven.
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Igor Levit
“The young Igor Levit, who shows not only great technical accomplishment but also a remarkable artistic maturity, shaped [Prokofiev’s] concerto forcefully…A brilliant performance.” – Neue Zürcher Zeitung, April 2009 At only 23, Igor Levit has already made his debuts with
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