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Beethoven composed several concertos during his teens – the piano score of a complete concerto in E flat dating from 1784 is the only one to have survived. But it is the five piano concertos he wrote ...

The most bizarre composer facts Ever wanted to know some truly odd facts about the great composers? Some might've been embellished over the years, but we can't get enough of these strange and ...

Howard Shore’s epic Middle-earth music is voted No.1 in the Classic FM Movie Music Hall of Fame 2026. Canadian composer ...

Salut d'Amour Opus 12 Edward Elgar Download 'Salut d'Amour Opus 12' on iTunes ...

Composed in 1887, Fauré's graceful Pavane was originally a piano piece, based on a traditional Spanish court dance. It’s another perfect example of Fauré refining his musical ideas into miniature form ...

Orchestral Suite No.1 in C major BWV.1066 (7) Johann Sebastian Bach Download 'Orchestral Suite No.1 in C major BWV.1066 (7)' on iTunes ...

Composed in 1928, Ravel's rhythmic piece will be forever synonymous with ice-skating stars Torvill and Dean. On Valentine’s Day in 1984, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean became the highest-scoring ...

Rossini’s 1817 opera The Thieving Magpie received a rare boost in the British tabloid press when a judge claimed not to have heard of the footballer Paul ‘Gazza’ Gascoigne, musing, ‘Is there not an ...

Most of us would be hard pressed to describe the characters, plot or musical development of Delibes’s three-act opera Lakmé. Its resurgent popularity in the 1990s was down to one thing: the use of one ...

Piano Concerto in G major (2) Maurice Ravel Download 'Piano Concerto in G major (2)' on iTunes ...

Cello Concerto in E minor Opus 85 (3) Edward Elgar Download 'Cello Concerto in E minor Opus 85 (3)' on iTunes ...