Meet Isaac Albéniz – His Life and Work

Isaac Albéniz and his mentor Enrique Granados can be thought of as the aristocrats of Spanish music. They are also responsible for bringing Spanish music into the mainstream of European classical music. The music of Albéniz is sophisticated, warm, and often hauntingly...

Meet Alexander Borodin – His Life and Work

Alexander Borodin (1833–1887) was a Russian Romantic composer and accomplished chemist. A member of The Five, a group of nationalist composers, Borodin is best known for his opera Prince Igor, the symphonic poem In the Steppes of Central Asia, and his string quartets....