After intermission, we turn to one of the greatest symphonies of the 19th century: Hector Berlioz’s magnificent "Symphonie Fantastique," completed in 1830. Berlioz believed in programmatic music ...
“Mahler 9 is not one of the world’s great symphonies,” insists conductor Alexander Briger. “It is the greatest symphony ever written, the Mount Everest of classical music. All music ...
Not halfway through the performance, the orchestra began to play one of the greatest symphonies ever: Austrian composer Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 94 in G Major. (I learned its name afterward.) ...
Expansive symphonies, virtuosic piano music ... The Romantic era gave birth to the virtuoso. Liszt was one of the greatest of his time, and wrote demanding piano music to show off his own brilliance.