Szymanowski began drafting his Symphony No. 3 Song of the Night, a work dedicated to his mother, Anna Szymanowska née Taube, in Tymoszówka in the summer and autumn of 1914. He continued working on it ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Classical sonatas, symphonies, and concertos share common musical DNA: the system of contrasting themes ...

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 ...

Philip Glass' newest symphony, an homage to Abraham Lincoln, was supposed to premiere at the Kennedy Center — until it didn't ...

BBC Proms performance from 2024 that includes Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) from the BBC Scottish ...

The Portishead singer and conductor (and film-music icon) Krzysztof Penderecki deliver a surprisingly disquieting take on Henryk Górecki’s canonical symphony, a piece so familiar that it’s often taken ...