Jun 2014

Clementi: Sonatina Op. 36, No. 6

I've finally completed the last Sonatina in Clementi's Opus 36! I actually recorded this over a year ago and am just barely getting around to releasing it. I apologize for the long delay. I hope that you will enjoy my recording of this work!

8m 2s

Oct 2013

Clementi: Sonatina Op. 36, No. 5

The next in the Clementi Sonatina set that I've been working on. This was actually recorded many months ago, but I haven't had time to publish it :-) This performance did not turn out great. I would label it as "sloppy" and "rushed" in many parts. However, I am just as human and ... Show More

8m 48s

May 2013

Brahms: Intermezzo in A Major Op. 118, No. 2

Apparently this is my first release of a Brahms piece on my website! I did not realize I was missing such an important composer in the classical reportory until now... This piece is a beautiful Intermezzo by Brahms - one that was introduced to me by a colleague at Washington Univ ... Show More

7m 24s

May 2020

Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

We're taking a brief detour from Mahler 2 today to discuss Debussy's legendary Afternoon of a Faun, a piece written in the same year as Mahler's 2nd symphony. It's easy to forget how revolutionary this piece was at the time, but composers from Stravinsky to Schoenberg to Boulez t ... Show More

35m 17s

Jun 2021

Bach Chaconne for Solo Violin

The Bach Chaconne is one of the great masterpieces of Western Classical Music, and today we're going to be diving straight into this monumental work. We'll talk about the legends behind its composition, the work itself, different interpretations of the piece, and its many many ar ... Show More

52m 18s

Oct 2020

Mozart Symphony No. 40

This week continues my project of reuploading seasons 1-5 in new and improved sound quality! The opening of Mozart's 40th symphony is one of the most recognizable tunes in the whole repertoire, but to this day we don't know what it is about or even why Mozart wrote it. But even t ... Show More

47m 43s

Oct 2023

Brahms Violin Concerto

Brahms’ violin concerto is one of the most difficult works for any violinist to tackle. It is as virtuosic as the hardest piece of Paganini as well as being as musically complex as a Brahms symphony. It takes most violinists years or even decades to feel comfortable with this pie ... Show More

50m 26s

Dec 2022

Schubert Cello Quintet

In the late summer or early autumn of 1828, Schubert completed an extraordinary work, his String Quintet in C Major. 6 weeks later, he was dead. Nowadays this piece is considered to be one of the most sublime 50 minutes to an hour that exists in all of music. But when Schubert co ... Show More

58m 14s

Feb 2022

Relaxing Piano Playlist Series 2 Episode 10

Feeling tired? Need to unwind? Then how about some gentle, soothing piano music? Welcome to the the tenth and last episode of the second series of Relaxing Piano Playlist! In this episode, I perform for you music by Haydn, Chopin, Schumann, Grieg, Rachmaninoff and Debussy.

38m 30s

Nov 2023

R. Schumann Piano Concerto

In January of 1839, Clara Wieck, Robert's future wife, wrote to Robert, “Don’t take it amiss if I tell you that I’ve been seized by the desire to encourage you to write for orchestra. Your imagination and your spirit are too great for the weak piano.” Clara knew that she would ha ... Show More

48m 17s

Jun 2019

Beethoven String Quartet, Op. 132 (Part 2)

This week we're diving into one of the great movements ever written in Western Music with the slow movement of Beethoven's Op. 132 quartet. This is a movement that explores Beethoven's contradictory religious beliefs, his core optimism despite all that happened to him during his ... Show More

44m 37s

Burgmuller: Op. 100 No. 10 - Tender Flow...