It's an interesting idea to pair Ravel's music for violin and piano with the songful, Franckian Violin Sonata in G by Belgian composer Guillaume Lekeu, who died in 1894 at the age of 24. Lekeu was 22 ...

The piece was first performed in Warsaw by two outstanding musicians, violinist Paweł Kochański and pianist Artur Rubinstein, on 3rd April 1909. "as such it must be the greatest instrumental work of ...

These pieces of music are all terrifyingly ambitious and virtuosic – and they might just make your fingers bleed. Here are the most difficult pieces ever written for the violin. Looking for some ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Classical sonatas, symphonies, and concertos share common musical DNA: the system of contrasting themes ...

Excerpt from Welcome song: What, what shall be done? / Purcell --How long, O Lord from Susanna / Handel --Excerpt from cantata Del silentio / Luigi Rossi --The fatal hour / Purcell --Meine Seufzer, ...

Because it offers a unique blend of musical sophistication and emotional light and shade is the usual reply. Which is true, but there are classical pieces which get their power the same way as many ...