Mahler’s Second Symphony in C Minor (The Resurrection)
Live recording of Symphony No.2 A complete score is available here. In so many ways Gustav Mahler epitomises the Romantic composer. Born on the 7th … Read more
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The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote)
The Magic Flute was the last opera that Mozart composed. It was an extremely busy and demanding year for Mozart who worked extensively on the … Read more
Mozart’s Ave Verum Corpus – K.618
Even if you claim not to like the music of Mozart, after a single hearing of this sublime piece, I doubt whether anyone would remain … Read more
Eine kleine Nachtmusik by W.A Mozart (K. 525)
This delightful work originally had five movements. Its title translates as A Little Night Music, although it is really called Serenade number thirteen and was … Read more
Mozart’s Requiem in D minor. K.626
Following the immense success of Peter Shaffer’s play “Amadeus” (1979), and later the film (1984), Mozart’s Requiem began to be perceived by many in a … Read more
Pachelbel’s Canon in D Major
Before Pachelbel’s Canon in D is dismissed or eternally embraced, I propose we examine the work and its context a little closer. Johann Pachelbel was … Read more
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2; Op. 18 in C Minor
When listening to the beautiful music that the composer Rachmaninov has written it is difficult perhaps to imagine the suffering that surrounded many of his … Read more
15 of the Best Clarinet Concerti
One of my favorite instruments has always been that most flexible member of the woodwind family; the clarinet. It’s equally at home playing Classical music, … Read more
Composer Comparison: A Survey of the Achievements of my top 10 Composers
As I look through articles on the Great Baroque, Classical and Romantic composers on the world wide web, there are increasingly more questions and queries … Read more
Clara Schumann: Behind every great man
If you speak the name of Schumann it is almost one hundred percent certain that the conversation will swerve towards Robert Schumann; that troubled musical … Read more
Gerald Finzi: a man and his music
Music can mean many different things to many different people. Sometimes we have music quietly on in the background to fill in the silence or … Read more
Joseph Haydn’s Last Symphony
It might at first seem odd to begin to review Haydn’s impressive symphonic oeuvre beginning with his final work, but starting at the end of … Read more
6 Most Scary Pieces of Classical Music
The world of Western Classical Music covers a vast array of extraordinary music to make every sense tingle. This article will take a brief look … Read more