Music in A-flat minor
A few weeks ago, I asked: what music is there in the remote key of A-flat minor? One piece I discovered was the Fugue in A-flat minor, WoO 8, by Johannes Brahms, on YouTube. The 7-flat key signature is hardly Read More …
Author: Alonso Delarte
Arianne Matiakh lifts the veil of Pierrette
Last week, I logged in to the Naxos Music Library, as I try to do every weekday, and looked through the new releases. I noticed a new recording of The Veil of Pierrette by Ernst von Dohnányi. The author of Read More …
Naxos Releases New Recording of Music by Florence Price
If we listened to music other than the greatest hits of the anointed few, might we be impressed by some ignored masterpiece? For example, consider Florence Price, the first black woman to have had her music performed by a major Read More …
A brief overview of Beethoven’s late quartets
Today, March 21, is the 192nd anniversary of the premiere of the Grosse Fuge. According to Benjamin P. Hardy writing on Medium, Ludwig van Beethoven wrote five of the fifty greatest pieces of music ever created. “But in order to Read More …
Suite Huasteca and Suite Tarasca by Jesús Echeverría
At least once a week, I like to skim the list of new additions to the Naxos Music Library, listening to a few tracks that pique my interest. (You can pay for the Naxos Music Library, but you might have Read More …