Dvořák, who was so inspired by the folk music of his native Czech culture, wrote this symphony during his time in America, ...

Beethoven's Ninth has topped the ABC Classic 100 countdown for the fifth time. We explore its mystique and shed light on composers following in Beethoven's footsteps.

Dvořák on cheery form, inspired by the Bohemian folk music that he loved. A more timid sibling to the limelight-stealing New World Symphony, the composer dedicated his Symphony No.8 to the music world ...

It’s tempting to feel sorry for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7. Hidden away amid the Fifth (the most famous opening four notes in the history of classical music, the Sixth (how could anyone fail to love ...

These accounts are quite magnificent, and their claims on the allegiance of collectors remain strong. Their freshness and vigour remind one of what it was like to hear these symphonies for the first ...

The Seventh Symphony's premiere concert was performed to benefit the soldiers wounded a few months earlier in the battle of Hanau. It was one of Beethoven's most successful concerts. Viennese ...

No Sibelius symphony begins quite like the Fourth. That grinding, primal bottom C; the cellos, basses and bassoons pushing up ...