by Barry Lenson | Oct 14, 2025 | Frederic Chopin, Uncategorized
People tend to think of Chopin as the ultimate romantic – a composer of music that seems to speak of languid infatuation, heartbreak, and love. Yet there is much more to his music than that. He was, in fact, a composer of piano music that was ahead of its time...
by Barry Lenson | Sep 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
During his brief lifetime of 1797-1828, Franz Peter Schubert composed a remarkable body of works, including more than 600 songs (including the song cycles Winterreise, Die Schöne Müllerin and Schwanengesang), nine symphonies, masterful chamber works (including the...
by Barry Lenson | Sep 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
Let’s get to know the great composer Josef Haydn (1732-1809), surely among the most influential of all composers. He was instrumental in elevating string quartets, piano sonatas, symphonies and oratorios to the level of high art. Yet not everything about...
by Barry Lenson | Jun 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
Above: Kenneth Riegel Sings “Dalla sua Pace” in Joseph Losey’s 1979 Film of Mozart’s Don Giovanni We are sorry to report that the extraordinary American tenor Kenneth Riegel passed away this week at his home in Florida. Riegel, who is perhaps...
by Barry Lenson | Apr 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Signum Quartett has just released a third album in its exploration of the music of Franz Schubert. All three of these extraordinary recordings have been released on the Pentatone label. If you are a member of Classical Archives, you have probably already been...
by Barry Lenson | Apr 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
We just discovered Untitled (Sonambient), an amazing artwork by the Italian-American sculptor Harry Bertoia. You could say it is a piece of sculpture. But you could also say it is a musical composition. The artist created it in 1977 from Beryllium copper rods and...
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