The opening Allegro immediately delivers a feeling of restlessness, as divided violas accompany the principal subject in quiet agitation. The tone of this subject is both poignant and tense, and ...

Mozart symphonies from one of the most important periods of his composing life have been wrongly dated, a British scholar has discovered. John Arthur believes he has made what is arguably the most ...

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 ...

Toward the end of his life Mozart composed a miracle even by his own lofty standards – three immortal symphonies that emerged within the period of just a few weeks in the summer of 1788. Virtually ...

Throughout the week Classic FM’s presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. This week: Live in Concert - Haydn and Mozart by ...

Every great city deserves a significant symphony. Few acquire them. Often for prosaic reasons. Mozart’s 38th symphony is known as the “Prague” Symphony because it had its premiere during the ...

The Orchestra of the 18th Century's performance of Mozart's last works is marked by vigour, deft phrasing and shrewd judgment, says Geoffrey Norris Still surprising: Frans Brüggen has been at the helm ...

Beginning with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s hauntingly powerful Overture to Don Giovanni and ending with the majesty and fire of his Symphony No. 39, the evening embraces Georg Abraham Schneider’s ...

We think these are the greatest symphonies of all time – the biggest, most emotional, most impressive and plain-old flabbergasting works ever written. Nothing beats the sound of an orchestra ...