Clara Schumann (Clara Josephine Wieck; 13 September 1819 – 20 May 1896) was a German musician and composer, considered one of the most distinguished composers[…]

Leoš Janáček The Glagolitic Mass (Czech: Glagolská mše, Church Slavonic: Mša glagolskaja; also called Missa Glagolitica or Slavonic Mass) is a composition for soloists (soprano, contralto,[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]