Performed on original instruments, the composer’s neoclassical works – particularly his Violin Concerto, brilliantly played by Isabelle Faust, come into sharper focus It was through their recordings ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It is only since the middle of the 20th century that percussionists have taken off as the soloists in concertos ...

From the J.S. Bach keyboard works of the Baroque era to Bartók’s note-splitting masterpiece of the 20th century, here are some of the greatest piano concertos ever to have been written. Piano ...

We rank the all-time great, most stirring violin concertos… from Bruch and Beethoven, to Mozart and Marsalis, here are the very best. The violin is one of the most expressive instruments in the ...

Sinfonia for cello, violins and basso continuo Josetxu Obregón, Conductor Nicola (Antonio) Porpora, Composer La Ritirata Concertos for Flute and Strings, Movements: Sonata No 14 in G minor La Ritirata ...

The 250th anniversary of Telemann’s death has not been widely marked, but this scintillating disc should reassert his claim to be one of the most inventive composers of the 18th century. The ...

Symphony No 1 Juha Kangas, Conductor Pehr Henrik Nordgren, Composer Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra The Concerto and First Symphony (1974) are relatively early, showing the composer in experimental ...

Water stars in the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra's onrushing mid-winter festival of music. Not just thematically, but literally. In Tan Dun's Water Concerto, several percussionists play basins and ...