If you love immersing yourself in a single composer’s complete works, you’re in the right place. We’ve gathered ten Spotify playlists featuring the complete works of ten iconic classical music composers: from Mozart and Beethoven to Mahler and Debussy. Whether

A late masterpiece by Beethoven lies at the heart of this new release by Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson to create a dialogue across the centuries. ‘The works of Beethoven’s third creative period feel both intimate and cosmic. It is the

Kurt Magnus Atterberg (1887-1974) stands as one of the more remarkable yet somewhat paradoxical figures in 20th-century Scandinavian musical history. He was a civil engineer by profession and a prolific composer by vocation. Despite his demanding “day job,” Atterberg produced

Hector Berlioz (1803–1869) is often celebrated as one of the most daring and imaginative composers of the Romantic era, a musical visionary whose works still thrill listeners today. With his birthday approaching on December 11, it’s a perfect moment to

If you’ve ever listened to sad classical music, chances are you’ve listened to something from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Celebrated (and sometimes mocked) for his extremely emotional output, Tchaikovsky composed some of the most heartbreaking classical music ever written. In this

For many of us, we think of Spring as the start of the seasons – Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter – saving the cold for the end. For Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks (b. 1946), who started thinking about the shape of

Among today’s pianists, Konstantin Lifschitz is closely associated with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Ever since his legendary 1994 recording of the Goldberg Variations, made when he was 17 and still a teenager, Lifschitz has been regarded as a

Manuel Blancafort (1897-1987) had the ideal exposure to the world via his parents’ hotel, located in the spa town of La Garriga, near Barcelona. Artists, intellectuals, and politicians all came to the resort. Another influence was unexpected. In addition to