With the traditional music industry in shambles, the larger labels are repackaging their deep catalogs as never before, releasing well-conceived box sets that are modestly priced for the amount of ...

Though Richard Strauss later withdrew section titles that give a narrative to his autobiographical tone poem, “Ein Heldenleben” (“A Hero’s Life”), the epic nature of a hero at battle remains within ...

Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Four Symphonic Interludes from Intermezzo Melbourne Symphony Orchestra/Sir Andrew Davis (ABC Classics) This isn’t a Heldenleben of extremes, but it’s definitely a performance ...

Manfred Honeck’s extended slice of Richard Strauss's Elektra was made in collaboration with the Czech composer Tomáš Ille, Honeck’s inspiration being performances he’d played in with Claudio Abbado ...

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Richard Strauss is known for his huge late 19th century orchestral works on weighty topics, so it might be surprising to discover that he wrote a suite for orchestra based on short harpsichord pieces ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Few marriages in classical music have been more mused upon than that of ...

The music of Mozart and Strauss is able to lower blood lipid concentrations and the heart rate. This is the result of a study of the effect of different musical genres on the cardiovascular system, ...

Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin is an exciting weekday program that delves into a wide assortment of topics in classical music. Each weekly series builds off a single theme ranging from composer ...