Russia in the 1860s - the land without the symphony. Well, actually that's not quite true: Anton Rubinstein had written three, but, based in the language of Mendelssohn and Schumann, they propounded a ...

Max's first symphony is shot through with the presence of the sea and his isolated Orkney home. This is music that seethes and churns and shimmers and glows This was a surprise. One of the most ...

Written in 1973, Krzysztof Penderecki's First Symphony was premiered in Peterborough by one of the world's best orchestras, the London Symphony Orchestra, under the composer, in June of that year. The ...

Conductor Marin Alsop muses on the enduring qualities of the English composer's first symphony. Elgar's Belated Symphony: Majestic, Noble And Perfectly British Elgar's Belated Symphony: Majestic, ...

Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic performing Mahler's 1st Symphony, recorded at the Esplenade Concert Hall in Singapore. Plus Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances. Show more The world famous ...

NEW YORK -- Mark O'Connor was haunted. After playing fiddle during Nashville recording sessions, the Seattle native would return home to New York but find no escape from music. Not the tunes he ...