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Arkiv's Top 5 Recordings of the Week
· By ArkivMusic Contributor
Classical Era: Women Composers - Although the best-known composers from the classical era were men, there were also a number of accomplished women who composed fine music, despite social restrictions and problems getting their music published. These include Louise Farrenc, Maria Szymanowska, Marianna Martines, Anne-Louise Brillon de Jouy and Maria Hester Park. -
Arkiv's Top 5 Recordings of the Week
· By ArkivMusic Contributor
Every week we ask our staff to tell us about some of their favorite recordings. This month is we are looking at music from the “classical era”, meaning from around the time of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven. Here are some of our favorites, we hope you enjoy them as much as we do.Classical Era – Music for Piano: Mozart and Beethoven were both excellent pianists, though they are by no means the only ones. Here are some of our favorite piano pieces, some with orchestra or other instruments, and some pieces for solo piano. Mozart Piano Concerto 21...
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Arkiv's Top 5 Recordings of the Week
· By ArkivMusic Contributor
Every week we ask our staff to tell us about some of their favorite recordings. This month is we are looking at music from the “classical era”, meaning from around the time of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven. Here are some of our favorites, we hope you enjoy them as much as we do. Classical Era – Orchestral Music: My favorite classical orchestral pieces, music by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Boccherini and Johann Mayr. Beethoven Symphonies 4 and 7 I couldn’t decide which Beethoven Symphony to recommend, so I chose one album with two of my favorites – No....