Mozart wrote his first symphony when he was just eight years old, and clocked up 40 more in just over two decades. But where do you start? And which one is best? From 'Paris' to 'Jupiter', Classic FM ...

The opening Allegro immediately delivers a feeling of restlessness, as divided violas accompany the principal subject in quiet agitation. The tone of this subject is both poignant and tense, and ...

Mozart's Symphony No. 40 is an iconic classical work, endlessly used in film and television, but what's the story behind the composer's most popular symphony? All but two of Mozart’s 41 symphonies are ...

Mozart symphonies from one of the most important periods of his composing life have been wrongly dated, a British scholar has discovered. John Arthur believes he has made what is arguably the most ...

Some of the finest orchestral musicians in the United States convened Friday evening on a humid athletic field in Del Mar to play symphonies by Mozart and Beethoven. The majority of the audience at ...

Anyone who heard the DG box-set reissue of Hermann Scherchen’s 1950s Haydn symphony recordings with Viennese forces (7/04) will know that distinguished interpretations of Classical symphonies did not ...

The dates of a young Mozart's key symphonies have been incorrect for decades, in a discovery that fills in gaps in his early history and rewrites our understanding of his influence. Five Mozart ...

Every great city deserves a significant symphony. Few acquire them. Often for prosaic reasons. Mozart’s 38th symphony is known as the “Prague” Symphony because it had its premiere during the ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Classical sonatas, symphonies, and concertos share common musical DNA: the system of contrasting themes ...

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