Prelude and fugue No 11 in F major, BWV 880 (Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Book 2)Prelude and fugue No 11 in F major, BWV 880 (Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Book 2) ...

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Classical music is often described as “pure”, “timeless” and “intellectual”, three epithets guaranteed to make most music-lovers reach for the off button in panic. Fortunately they’re not true. If ...

It is quite an achievement to make a performance of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik gripping and revelatory, but in his first recording as director of the English Concert, Andrew Manze manages it. As anyone ...

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This is an intriguing collection of César Franck's five works involving a solo piano, all featuring the up-and-coming French pianist Bertrand Chamayou. Two of them are rarely heard, and another is a ...

Acrobatics are bringing new life to the work of one of the world’s greatest composers in a Sydney performance set to open Johann Sebastian Bach’s music to a new audience. The Australian Brandenburg ...

Ever since it was featured in the soundtrack of the 1931 film Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, J.S. Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor has been the unofficial anthem of Halloween. In fact, classical music in ...

The London venue, best known for serene string quartets, was taken over by a very bizarre quartet on Saturday night ...