At this stage of her career, every new recording by Martha Argerich is welcome. This is not the first time she has committed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.1 to disc, but the partnership with conductor ...

The Beethoven Symphony Series 1: The Nine Symphonies article by C. Michael Bailey, published on October 23, 2005 at All About Jazz. Find more Bailey's Bundles articles ...

With his First Symphony Beethoven staked his claim as a rightful heir to the Classical symphonic tradition. After its premiere, at a typically gargantuan benefit concert in Vienna’s Burgtheater on 2 ...

From the J.S. Bach keyboard works of the Baroque era to Bartók’s note-splitting masterpiece of the 20th century, here are some of the greatest piano concertos ever to have been written. Piano ...

Over the next nine weeks, nine of the world's leading Beethoven conductors will each explore a Beethoven symphony. We begin with Sir Roger Norrington on Symphony No 1... The piece is dedicated to ...

A diverse program consisting of Charles Ives, Symphony No. 3, The Camp Meeting, Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 and Dvorák's Symphony No. 7, young conductor James Gaffigan brings a fresh and ...

Ludwig van Beethoven was a well-known composer of the late Classical period. His music was heavily influenced by his predecessors Mozart and Haydn. A symphony is a piece of music for an orchestra. In ...

Revered conductor and former Houston Symphony Music Director Christoph Eschenbach returns to Jones Hall. Phenomenal young pianist Jan Lisiecki will tackle Beethoven’s poetic and powerful Piano ...

1. Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony #1: As a kid, I loved watching Captain Kangaroo on TV. I was especially struck by the soundtrack to a cartoon on the show called “Ludwig.” It featured the music of ...

When Ludwig van Beethoven died in 1827, he left behind a few short sketches thought to be the beginnings of his 10th Symphony. Beethoven's repertoire includes nine symphonies, five piano concertos, 35 ...

Beethoven's symphony's form one of the most important bodies of work in musical history. The third, the fifth and the ninth get all the headlines and are generally the most well-loved, but the first ...