Decades of research have been poured into every musical and instrumental aspect of the “Historically Informed Performance” (HIP) of classical music: From the way the continuo bands of the time ...

The Beethoven Symphony Series 1: The Nine Symphonies article by C. Michael Bailey, published on October 23, 2005 at All About Jazz. Find more Bailey's Bundles articles ...

Ludwig van Beethoven's symphonies have influenced every generation of composers since they were written. Riccardo Chailly talks to Philip Clark about the enduring power of the symphonies Ludwig van ...

Though the modern listener may never know it, Beethoven composed after Haydn and Mozart, but not after Wagner and Brahms. Acknowledged as the reformer of the sonata form as used in the symphony, ...

Sometime in the not-too-distant future, listeners will hear the complete Beethoven symphonies as recorded live by Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The recordings, still in progress as ...

This June the NZ Symphony Orchestra takes on all nine Beethoven symphonies, in order, providing an opportunity to hear the composer's entire symphonic output. Over four days (Wellington June 12-15, ...

Recordings of all the Beethoven symphonies with their chief conductor are always a milestone in the artistic work of the Berliner Philharmoniker. So it was with Herbert von Karajan and Claudio Abbado, ...

The world will be celebrating Beethoven’s 250th birthday next year, but Chicago got started on Thursday night. Before a large audience in Orchestra Hall, with even the terrace seating behind the stage ...

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted and cancelled most plans to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of the quintessential genius of Western classical music, German composer Ludwig van ...

Forty albums. Oscar, Emmy and Pulitzer awrds. The respect and adoration of his classical music peers. A slot on People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People list. Joshua Bell is out of summits to… By ...

The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s 2020 season celebrates Beethoven’s 250th birthday with a performance of all nine of his symphonies. In other highlights in the season, the orchestra puts a spotlight ...

We think these are the greatest symphonies of all time – the biggest, most emotional, most impressive and plain-old flabbergasting works ever written. Nothing beats the sound of an orchestra ...