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Antonin Dvořák composed his opera Rusalka between April and November 1900. The first performance was given on March 31, 1901, in Prague. Rusalka is the most performed of Dvořák’s nine operas; in recent years, it …

Using period instruments, Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov bring us more sonatas for keyboard with violin by Mozart in Volume two of this series. The first volume of all the Mozart sonatas was widely praised: …

When Ravel began planning the G major Piano Concerto in 1928 he was at the peak of his career, and his music was the focus of numerous festivals and celebrations, these including an Honorary doctorate …

Soprano Mirella Freni, an amazing Italian Opera singer for nearly 50 years, died on Sunday at her home in Modena, in north-central Italy. She was 84. She died after a long degenerative illness and a series …

Michael Collins is one of the most complete musicians of his generation. Continuing his distinguished career as a soloist, he has in recent years also become highly regarded as a conductor and in 2010 took …