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 ...

If you are familiar with only one Mozart symphony, chances are it’s Symphony No. 41, “The Jupiter.” Maybe you’ve heard parts of it in Woody Allen’s “Annie Hall.” Or maybe you’ve heard Allen’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

Debates about "best" composers are silly, but in this year of Haydn, his admirers are seizing the opportunity to right a few wrongs when it comes to their favorite composer. And wronged they feel.

Michael Abels is not a household name — yet. If you’ve heard of him, it’s probably because he wrote the film scores to the three films Jordan Peele has directed, “Us,” “Nope,” and most notably, the ...