The romantic period of the late 19th and 20th centuries brought a more personal and emotional style of the genre, and finally, the quartet is rounded out by the contemporary period beginning in ...

For 40 years, ECM New Series has been a product of its founder’s vision and an indispensable part of the recording landscape.

Ludwig van Beethoven was a prodigious composer. He’s credited with 722 individual works, including symphonies, sonatas, and choral music — creations that pushed the boundaries of composition ...

This week's classical pick doesn't really have anything to do with erotica, unless you reason that Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony ushered in the Romantic Era of classical music, which was said to ...

Rachmaninoff knew his music was from a bygone era and it didn't bother him in the least. He once said, “The only thing I try to do when I compose music is to make it express directly and simply ...

Ludwig van Beethoven was a prodigious composer. He’s credited with 722 individual works, including symphonies, sonatas, and choral music — creations that pushed the boundaries of composition ...

Ludwig van Beethoven was a prodigious composer. He’s credited with 722 individual works, including symphonies, sonatas, and choral music — creations that pushed the boundaries of composition ...