Posted in reseña, tagged classical music, Franz Schubert, reseña on August 10, 2007| 1 Comment »
Franz Schubert’s piano impromptus are not big music.
Not only are the pieces relatively brief, but the absence of instruments other than solo piano and the evasion of bombast by Schubert altogether make these compositions small music.
But small is beautiful. (more…)
Posted in reseña, tagged classical music, reseña, Serge Rachmaninoff on August 4, 2007| Leave a Comment »
Sergei Rachmaninoff’s music for piano and orchestra is easy to love. Its lyrical romanticism and connections with successors that lead even to jazz piano tend to be accessible to contemporary listeners. It is some of the most stirring music ever written, though it does not earn the respect of work written by canonical masters of the genre like Mozart and Beethoven. (more…)
Canter Bridge 