by Barry Lenson | Dec 3, 2025 | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Uncategorized, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johann Sebastian Bach had several sons who became composers: Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, and Johann Christian Bach. It was remarkable that he had so many sons who became composers, and even more remarkable that...
by Barry Lenson | Nov 14, 2025 | Alessandro Marcello, Uncategorized
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) might be the most well-known Italian composer of the Baroque period, but he was certainly not the only great Italian composer of the era. We invite you to meet his contemporary Alessandro Marcello (1673-1747), another Italian master whose...
by Barry Lenson | Oct 31, 2025 | Isaac Albeniz
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...
by Barry Lenson | Oct 24, 2025 | Alexander Borodin
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....
by Barry Lenson | Oct 22, 2025 | Katie Mahan, Uncategorized
Classical Archives Interviews Pianist Katie Mahan about Her New CD Heaven & Hell – Mozart Beethoven A little further down this page, you will find a video of a new interview that our Editor-in-Chief Barry Lenson recorded with the American pianist Katie Mahan...
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