Robert Schumann (8 June 1810 – 29 July 1856) was one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. He had a career planned as a virtuoso pianist but a hand injury forced him to turn to composing […]
Portrait of Dieterich Buxtehude from the painting A Musical Party by Johannes Voorhout (1674) Johann Sebastian Bach walked more than 400 kilometres and spent three months listening to Buxtehude in order “to comprehend one […]
From a vinyl 33 RPM LP recording from circa 1985 MP3 File: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 From Wikipedia: Fauré wrote or revised the pieces between 1893 and 1896,[1] for Hélène Bardac (1892–1985), known to her […]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) Audio file licensed by the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, under a Creative Commons License Free download from IMSLP.org: http://imslp.org/wiki/Piano_Sonata_No.14_in_C_minor,_K.457_(Mozart,_Wolfgang_Amadeus) Performed by Paavali Jumppanen (1974 – ) piano By […]
Free download from IMSLP.org: http://imslp.org/wiki/Fantaisie%2C_Op.79_(Faur%C3%A9%2C_Gabriel)
Romance for Flute and Harp, Opus 37 (1871) Camille Saint-Saens (9 October 1835 — 16 December 1921) Audio file licensed by the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, under a Creative Commons License
Pavane Opus 50 (1887) Gabriel Faure (12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924)
8 Pieces for Clarinet, Viola & Piano Opus 83 #6 Nachtgesang: Andante con moto (1910) Max Christian Friedrich Bruch[1] (6 January 1838 – 2 October 1920)