For many, the name Ottorino Respighi is synonymous with his Roman Trilogy, a set of three fantastically colourful works for orchestra depicting scenes of ancient Rome in a brilliant, cinematic style. Nestled further back in Respighi’s oeuvre is the grand,

Depending on your sources, Franz Schubert (1797–1828) has his final symphony, The Great, D. 944, variously numbered as Symphony No. 7 or Symphony No. 8 or Symphony No. 9 or Symphony No. 10. We now know, through style and paper

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The twentieth century was the first century in which pianists’ careers intersected with mass media. Perhaps as a result, greatness and influence during this period are inseparable from pianists’ public images. Therefore, this is not a ranking of pianists by

Have you ever heard of Sigurd Jorsalfar, one of the most renowned kings in Norwegian history? He was the first European king to lead a crusade, and he was part of the last relatively peaceful reign in Norway in the

For fans of the fortepiano, Ronald Brautigam needs no introduction. His exhaustive discography of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven never ceases to amaze with its delicate yet bold sound. This May and June, Mr. Brautigam undertook his first tour of China,

Sports fans wear the shirts of their idols, and classical music has never entirely escaped the cult of personality either. Few classical musicians in modern times, with the possible exception of Liberace, have embraced celebrity quite as enthusiastically as Lang

Few works in the piano repertoire have achieved the YouTube popularity of Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto. What’s striking about the concerto’s YouTube dominance isn’t just the raw view counts; it’s also which performances are generating them. Alongside historic audio of