The Stuyvesant Quartet was a group of talented musicians who left a remarkable legacy. Founded by by the Shulman brothers, Sylvan (violin) and Alan (cello) in 1938, the quartet consisted of preeminent musicians from broadcast network symphony orchestras. In 1950 they formed their own label — Philharmonia — with audio legend Norman Pickering as their […]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Constantine Orbelian, pianist
Although this is a new release from Delos, it isn’t a new recording. Constantine Orbelian is best known today as the innovative conductor of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, but initially he was primarily a concert pianist. This 1992-1993 recording happened at a pivotal point in Obelian’s career. He was working with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra […]
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Mozart Sonata Premiered 246 Years After Composition
t’s always big news when a previously unknown work by a major composer is unearthed — especially if that composer is Mozart. In this case, it was a short Allegro for piano, composed around 1766-1767 by a very young Mozart. According to the Mozarteum Salzburg Foundation, the work was discovered in a 1780 notebook kept […]
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10,000 Hours of Mozart
There’s a theory — first put forward by Malcolm Gladwell — that it takes about 10,000 hours to achieve superstar status. Seth Godin (among others) disputes that. After all, as he points out in Seth Godin’s Blog, there are plenty of musicians toiling away day after day who never reach more than mediocrity. I was […]