Review: Beethoven: Symphony Nos 6 and 8 (Vienna SO/Philippe Jordan)
Jordan’s non-period band offers Beethoven in a hurry.
Jordan’s non-period band offers Beethoven in a hurry.
Biss balances Beethoven: Eight down, one to go in the American pianist’s masterly set.
Uchida’s crystalline Beethoven combines care with flair.
The composer has taken top honours in this year's ABC Classic 100.
Learn how Lang Lang became a more rounded artist, brush up on Opera Australia's Brett Whiteley opera, and discover the rich musical history of Notre Dame.
This issue includes features on Lang Lang, Whiteley: The Opera, Gondwana Choirs, Notre Dame, Jayson Gillham, Sweeney Todd, and much more.
Set to play Beethoven's five piano concertos in June, Gillham talks about how the composer is at the centre of his musical existence.
One of classical music’s famous failures, Beethoven’s Violin Concerto tanked at its premiere in 1806. What’s less well-known is how the notoriously difficult composer was persuaded to recast it for piano.
The Australian is among 11 living composers elaborating on the theme at the heart of Beethoven’s famous Variations.
It's #AussieAussieAussie as Tognetti flies his musical flag in the Big Apple.
A superlative performance from Simone Lamsma, Alexander Shelley and the SSO.
The Dutch violinist talks about moving countries to study at the Menuhin School age 11, her remarkably wide repertoire and the challenges of performing Beethoven’s and Sibelius’s concertos.
In his new book, retired British surgeon Jonathan Noble investigates the myths and misdiagnoses that plague the great composers. He tells us about the historians and critics who got it wrong, and why some “kindly quacks” deserve to be let off the hook.