Pergolesi – Stabat Mater
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Stabat Mater is a musical setting of the Stabat Mater sequence, composed by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi in 1736. Composed in the final weeks[…]
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 3
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 3 The Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30, composed in 1909 by Sergei Rachmaninoff, has the reputation[…]
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 7
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 7 Op. 60 Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, titled Leningrad, was completed in Samara in December[…]
Barber – Adagio For Strings
Samuel Barber – Adagio For Strings Adagio for Strings is a work by Samuel Barber, arguably his best known, arranged for string orchestra from the second[…]
Sibelius – Symphony No. 2
Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 2 Op. 43 The Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43, by Jean Sibelius was started in winter 1901 in[…]
Mendelssohn – Elijah Op. 70
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Elijah (German: Elias), Op. 70, MWV A 25, is an oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn depicting events in the life of the Prophet Elijah[…]
Beethoven – Symphony No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21, was dedicated to Baron Gottfried van Swieten, an early patron of the composer. The[…]
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 Op. 67 The Symphony No. 5 in C minor of Ludwig van Beethoven, Op. 67, was written between 1804[…]
Vivaldi – Gloria
Antonio Vivaldi – Gloria Antonio Vivaldi wrote at least three settings of the hymn Gloria in excelsis Deo, whose words date probably from the 4th Century[…]
Kodaly – Psalmus Hungaricus
Zoltán Kodály – Psalmus Hungaricus Op. 13 Psalmus Hungaricus, Op. 13, is a choral work for tenor, chorus and orchestra by Zoltán Kodály, composed in 1923.[…]