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Maurice Ravel composed his String Quartet in F Major in 1903, while still a student of Gabriel Fauré at the Paris Conservatoire. The work proved to be Ravel’s first major success as a composer, though …

I was delighted when I listened to an amazing lyrical performance of the Brahms violin concerto today. The soloist was Sergey Khachatrian with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Sergey Khachatryan won First Prize at the …

The Symphony no. 39 in E-flat major is the least studied and performed of Mozart’s three last symphonies, and that in itself is something of a puzzle, because it is a masterwork. It doesn’t, however, …

The Impromptu in B♭ major by Franz Schubert is a theme with variations. The main theme resembles a theme from the incidental music that Schubert composed for the play Rosamunde, which also appears in the …

The symphony #5 opens with the motto theme (a theme that recurs) quietly played by the clarinet. The Allegro also begins with a gently moving theme doubled by the bassoon. The development section travels through …