Enigma Variations: Music with secret and cryptic messages
This playlist, named after Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations, presents works characterised by hidden messages or secret ideas. Whether it is Alban Berg retelling the story of an affair, Robert Schumann paying homage to his “distant beloved” or Dmitri Shostakovich capturing Stalin’s brutality in sound, it is instrumental music that in each case allows the composer to express and hide secrets at the same time.
Our recommendations
- Our viola player’s perspective: Amihai Grosz’s favourites
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in his works
- Undying fascination: The music of the “Golden Twenties”
- Violinists with the Berliner Philharmoniker
- Our double bass player’s perspective: Matthew McDonald’s favourites
- Surrounded by music: Discover Immersive Audio in the Digital Concert Hall