It’s rare to discover a lost work by a master composer, but ‘new’ works by Classical-era composers do turn up in the archives. To discover a lost work by a famous 20th-century composer is even more unexpected, but that was
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When Joachim premiered Brahms's Violin Concerto alongside Beethoven's — both in D major — Brahms quipped it was "a lot of D major for one evening." Critics were hostile, but the public loved it. Hear Isaac Stern's 1961 radio recording here.
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When we think of Thanksgiving, many words come to mind. Gratitude. Reflection. Transition. Warmth. Autumn. Harvest. November. Many works of classical music capture this subject matter perfectly, from cantatas focused on gratitude to autumnal tone poems that describe the season,
