Scriabin: Mazurkas (Ondine)
It has taken a global pandemic and lockdown for me to discover that the Russian composer Alexander Scriabin wrote a sheaf of mazurkas, which are…
Browsing: Vladimir Horowitz
Rachmaninov: Piano concertos 1 and 3 (DG)
Recordings of these concertos begin with the composer himself and continue with Vladimir Horowitz, whom Rachmaninov acknowledged as the superior interpreter. The benchmark in modern…
This Day in Music – 1857: Death of Carl Czerny
Composer, pedagogue, and Pianist Carl Czerny was known primarily for his immense contributions to the intermediate ranges of piano music. A prodigy, Czerny studied with…
Video of the Day – “Stars and Stripes Forever”
For another American themed video, here’s Russian-born American virtuoso Vladimir Horowitz’ piano transcription of the iconic American bandmaster and composer John Phillip Sousa’s “Stars and…
