The 10 recordings below, plus a few honorable mentions ... A tolling piano and a whoosh of air usher us into the piece; by the time we reach our final stop with “Almanac,” a wheezy viola emerges and ...

The piece that reminds you that classical music is still happening ... that premiered no less than three of Beethoven’s greatest works. But it was a bumpy start. Not only was the concert very ...

From that point on, it came to be recognised as one of the greatest compositions in musical ... world’s most recognised and performed classical pieces, and Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto ...

Tchaikovsky may have loathed it, but his 1812 Overture has just been voted the UK's most popular piece of classical music. The composer famously said it was "very loud and noisy and completely ...

Mozart's Violin Concerto #5 is the type of piece you can stomp your feet along to. The name "Turkish" comes from the final ...

Classical pieces last a long time. If you’re used to listening to pop, where songs typically last no longer than four minutes, then a classical piece might try your patience at first.

10 No. 3 or the sly ... that the Danish is the world’s best string quartet, and the proof would likely be not only in their stellar performances of the classical repertoire but also in their ...

A tolling piano and a whoosh of air usher us into the piece; by the time we reach our final stop with "Almanac," a wheezy viola emerges and gently rolled piano chords bloom like a celestial portal ...

With a canny ear for color and key relationships, Pichon uses other Mozart pieces to enlarge the Requiem ... Breakout Stars: Across the arts world, these 10 performers broke away from the ...