Do we need another set of Tchaikovsky symphonies? More to the point, do we need them from the little known Melbourne Symphony Orchestra? Having listened and re-listened to these live recordings, the ...

Regular patrons of the San Francisco Symphony have known for the past few years that this set was coming, as Michael Tilson Thomas and the orchestra unveiled, one by one, live performances of the ...

With the first emphatic blast of brass in the first movement of Schumann's "Spring" Symphony, the listener is put on notice. Here begins a decisively different approach to the composer's four ...

Emulating Brahms himself with an orchestra of fewer than 50 players, these fresh, engaging recordings show that less can mean a lot more Though these days we generally hear the Brahms symphonies ...

Carl Nielsen’s 150th birthday this year has meant that his six symphonies, not over-recorded before, have recently been treated to several strong new interpretations on disc. This one, conducted by ...

Symphony No. 1 Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Hannu Lintu, Conductor Jean Sibelius, Composer Symphony No. 2 Jean Sibelius, Composer Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Hannu Lintu, Conductor Symphony ...

Symphony No. 1 Joseph Haydn, Composer Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor Symphony No. 37 Joseph Haydn, Composer Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor ...

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Looked at together, the symphonies of Charles Ives take a stylistic leap, rather abruptly, at their halfway point. The last chord of the American composer’s Symphony No. 2—a work that folds folk and ...

It’s a brave orchestra, and a brave conductor, who add yet another complete Beethoven symphony cycle to the catalogue. Until recently it was the so-called “period” orchestras, i.e. those using old ...