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Horns quietly breathe life into the opening Andante of this symphony with a haunting, irregularly shaped melody which is taken up by the woodwinds as a plaything for gentle, lyrical purposes and then for dramatic …

The Sonata in D major is the last of the Six Sonatas K. 279-284 that Mozart had in his luggage when he set off for Paris in September 1777. He had already successfully performed this …

Mozart’s emphasis on music for violin and strings culminated in 1775 when, in the course of nine months he composed five concertos for violin and orchestra. Especially in his Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, …

Grieg composed his Third Violin Sonata in 1887, a time when he was on the threshold of his largest fame, a circumstance that may explain his view of the Sonata as representing a wider horizon. …

Edward Elgar was at the height of his creative powers when this concerto was composed. At that time, in 1910, he was riding high on the successes of his “The Dream of Gerontius”, the Enigma …