From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Rachmaninoff had large hands and enormous fingers. He wrote concertos for himself to play. The third, in D minor, had its US premieres in Carnegie Hall with Walter […]
John Field – Nocturne No.17 in C, H 61Beethoven – Piano Sonata in G minor, Op.49/1John Field – Nocturnes: No.1 in E-flat, H 24; No.2 in C minor, H 25; No.4 in A, H 36; No.10 in E, […]
Theatre-goers leaving the Haus für Mozart with Festung Hohensalzburg in the background. A final goodbye to this year’s Salzburg Festival, I had an amazing five days, taking in three operas and two concerts, including hearing both […]