Mozart wrote his first symphony when he was just eight years old, and clocked up 40 more in just over two decades. But where do you start? And which one is best? From 'Paris' to 'Jupiter', Classic FM ...

Are “symphonies” just containers into which composers pour their orchestral inspirations? Thursday evening's Cleveland ...

The opening Allegro immediately delivers a feeling of restlessness, as divided violas accompany the principal subject in quiet agitation. The tone of this subject is both poignant and tense, and ...

Mozart symphonies from one of the most important periods of his composing life have been wrongly dated, a British scholar has discovered. John Arthur believes he has made what is arguably the most ...

The dates of a young Mozart's key symphonies have been incorrect for decades, in a discovery that fills in gaps in his early history and rewrites our understanding of his influence. Five Mozart ...

Anyone who heard the DG box-set reissue of Hermann Scherchen’s 1950s Haydn symphony recordings with Viennese forces (7/04) will know that distinguished interpretations of Classical symphonies did not ...

Mozart's Symphony No. 40 is an iconic classical work, endlessly used in film and television, but what's the story behind the composer's most popular symphony? All but two of Mozart’s 41 symphonies are ...

So, unless I use a politician’s talent for lying, how do I get people to read this one. The San Diego Symphony was at a little more than half its usual size, but with a near full complement of strings ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Classical sonatas, symphonies, and concertos share common musical DNA: the system of contrasting themes ...

Born on January 27 1756 in Salzburg, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart would go on to be one of the most-loved classical composers of all time. His operas, concertos, symphonies and sonatas went on to shape ...