Jacques Loussier clangs musical genera together like an orchestral cymbalist reaching crescendo. After having weaved his way through Bach, Chopin, Handel and Satie, maestro Loussier turns his ...

The November 2014 edition of Looking Back to Bookspan’s “101 Masterpieces of Music and Their Composers” features important works created by the man Martin Bookspan called “one of the principal ...

The massive boxed set of Mozart recordings has emerged as the biggest-selling CD release of the year. By Lars Brandle A massive 200-CD boxed set of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s recordings has emerged as ...

This first volume in Angela Hewitt’s projected Mozart concerto series deserves praise for featuring three early pieces, instead of starting with the better-known mature works. Which isn’t a slight on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. This article is more than 8 years old. One of the biggest stories ...

Decades after she first recorded these concertos with the English Chamber Orchestra, Uchida is recording them again, this time with the Cleveland Orchestra. All the things that made the first ...

This the liveliest recording of a contemporary opera I've ever heard, in a belter of a performance. Dutch composer Louis Andriessen's La Commedia is an unwieldy, unorthodox opera. It's described in ...

In 2018, three years before his death, the pianist and composer gave a concert in Sardinia that included both Mozart and George Gershwin. A live recording of that concert is now available. This is ...

Please watch this amazing video of pianist Robert Levin playing Mozart's piano sonatas on Mozart's ACTUAL PIANO. Last year, pianist and musicologist Robert Levin was announced as the first Hogwood ...

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This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. “The Messiah” has seen a lot lately. Glorified (as Christmas staple), ...