Dohnanyi: Nursery Variations; Liszt: Totentanz; Rachmaninov: Paganini Rhapsody; Lutoslawski: Paganini Variations
April 29, 2016It is commonplace to observe how little separates the cradle from the grave. For some, the words ‘womb’, ‘room’, ‘doom’ and ‘tomb’ have sufficed to encapsulate the human experience. When infant mortality rates in the developed countries were higher than they are today, families could hardly help being reminded that last night’s lullaby might be […]