The French record label Naïve has released a new Beethoven Symphony cycle as a single 5-CD unit, forgoing individual releases of the symphonies, which have typically come out two to a disc, with the ...

Decades of research have been poured into every musical and instrumental aspect of the “Historically Informed Performance” (HIP) of classical music: From the way the continuo bands of the time ...

Piano virtuoso Albert Cano Smit returns to the Aiken Symphony for an all-Beethoven concert, featuring two of the composer's 'heroic' works.

In 1943, Bela Bartok’s finances were a wreck and his health was failing fast due to complications from leukemia. And yet the ailing composer still had one, final masterpiece to create. Thanks to a ...

Beethoven's First Symphony, dedicated to Baron Gottfried Van Swieten, came at age 29. Fittingly, it was the dawn of a new century. It appeared late in what scholars define as the first period of ...

The symphonic form has been the calling card of orchestras since the 18th century — a longform piece of music that champions grand scale and big ideas. They can be thrilling. They can be intimate. The ...

Beethoven's symphonies broke the mould - but if you're looking to own a set of recordings, which are the best albums to buy? Click on the album covers to listen and download. This fine 1999 set of ...

When Ludwig von Beethoven died in 1827, he was three years removed from the completion of his Ninth Symphony, a work heralded by many as his magnum opus. He had started work on his 10th Symphony but, ...

Researchers used algorithms to finish composing Beethoven's 10th Symphony. But can computer programs be as creative as human musicians? Algorithms dominate our everyday lives. Whether driving, working ...

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra unveiled its 26/27 classical season under the collaborative artistic leadership of Music ...