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 ...

In celebration of Lorin Maazel's tenure as Music Director, the New York Philharmonic is releasing a set of new digital recordings - The Complete Mahler Symphonies, Live - recorded at Philharmonic ...

The French record label Naïve has released a new Beethoven Symphony cycle as a single 5-CD unit, forgoing individual releases of the symphonies, which have typically come out two to a disc, with the ...

On the program: Beethoven, Symphony No. 8; Symphony No. 9 ("Choral"). Justin Brown, conductor. Janice Chandler-Eteme, soprano; Margaret Jane Wray, mezzo-soprano; Jay ...

The four symphonies of Robert Schumann (1810-1856) have endured more than their fair share of criticism, neglect, and mishandling over the years, particularly compared with the hallowed treatment… By ...

“Mahler’s symphonies are like life,” says Darko Butorac, guest conductor of the Northwest Mahler Festival’s concert at Meany Hall on Sunday. “But his Sixth Symphony is the one that doesn’t redeem ...

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 ...

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 ...

What if Puccini had gone on to write symphonies? Composed between 1906 and 1940, the three symphonies of Alfredo Casella come with authentic Italian panache and passion. Mix in a dash of Richard ...

Everything, wrote Gerald Abraham in 1947, is calculated for the long view in Sibelius. And that's how John Storgårds conducts the great Finn's seven symphonies. There's a muscularity in Storgårds's ...

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 ...