Glazunov’s violin concerto is in a single continuous movement, probably modelled on the piano concertos of Liszt, which Glazunov much admired. There is a concise exposition, with a dolce, espressivo violin theme as its main …

Violinist David Oistrakh studied violin as a child with Stoliarsky in Odessa, making his debut there at the age of 6, and then continued his studies with Stoliarsky at the Odessa Conservatory (1923-26). Oistrakh then …

Although Johannes Brahms was just 50 when he composed his Third Symphony, he looked back to younger days with the musical quotation of the motto “Frei aber froh” (“Free but happy”) which was his defiant …

Bela Bartok composed the score for his “Concerto for Orchestra” in only two months at the health resort of Saranac Lake in upstate New York, and he completed on October 8, 1943. The first performance, …

Mozart completed the Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major on December 16, 1785 as he was approaching the height of his popularity in Vienna. Almost simultaneously, he had been working on the score to …