Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a prodigious composer, credited with 722 works that pushed the boundaries of music and ushered in the Romantic era. Yet, his personal life was marred by ...

Opening with the firecracker-esque “Haffner” symphony, the Boston Baroque orchestra handled Pearlman’s sprightly tempo with ...

Ludwig van Beethoven was a well-known composer of the late Classical period. His music was heavily influenced by his predecessors Mozart and Haydn. A symphony is a piece of music for an orchestra.

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) is known as the “father of classical music” in ... will be performed Thursday. From Beethoven’s “middle period” it is the Sonata for Pianoforte and ...

The Romantic era is known for its intense energy and passion. The rigid forms of classical music gave way to greater expression, and music grew closer to art, literature and theatre. Beethoven ...

Try 1,000 years of music in this playlist from NPR Classical's Tom Huizenga ... and classics from the dawn of the recording era. Our mantra: Bach, Beethoven, before and beyond.

Enter Prospero Classical, a Swiss orchestral music label that offered ... “The two CDs will feature three sonatas from Beethoven’s ‘heroic’ period—so called because of the composition of the Eroica ...

Daniel Barenboim was a piano prodigy who first made his name in the 1960s as a performer of the classical keyboard repertory. Barenboim's performances of Beethoven's Sonatas became legendary and he ...