There are so many reference recordings of this repertoire. Janssen seems comparatively straight after Glenn Gould, but he’s much easier to live with in the long term. And while I love the exquisite ...

The music comedy giant who gave us a celebrated classical alter-ego has died earlier this year, aged 88. This moment of classical music meeting sporting spectacle was one of his finest. Great musician ...

Will you have some wine with your Beethoven? The Seattle Symphony found such a hot reception for last year’s “Beethoven and Wine” series that it’s presenting three of the well-priced, short Beethoven ...

This week the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival begins its 42nd installment, which will purvey about 100 compositions in the course of 38 performances in town before it reaches its conclusion on Aug. 25 ...

Food and drink trends affect us all, often crossing cultural, temporal, and geographic divides. Consider, for example, classical music composers Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 to 1750) and Ludwig van ...

It’s 9 o’clock. Do you know where your Beethoven is? There’s something in many music lovers that urges us to answer a question like that by collecting everything together — to make sure we aren’t ...

All of the pieces mentioned in this article can be found in this spotify playlist, for easier navigation, or, if you prefer something more comprehensive, then have a look at this fantastic playlist ...

After 47 years, the Northwest Bach Festival has laid its namesake composer to rest. From now on the concert series will be known as Classics Northwest.

Any string quartet approaching its fourth decade would be expected to boast a wide repertoire, yet the enormous span of composers the Alexander String Quartet has embraced is almost beyond belief. It ...

It was Beethoven week on the BBC last week. By midnight on Friday Radio 3 had filled six days of airtime with every single note the composer wrote - every symphony, every quartet, every sonata and ...