Thanks to an incredible series of coincidences, the world has had to wait 152 years to hear the only original work Franz Liszt wrote for two pianos. But judging by the terrific sendoff given Liszt`s ...

On Wednesday, November 20 at Fairfield Concert Hall, the London Mozart Players are performing a little-known gem for violin and orchestra by Beethoven, written when he was just 17, and had taken ...

Every orchestral instrument has its Everest to climb, and for the French horn, it’s Robert Schumann’s beautiful but brutal “Konzertstuck,” a concerto for four horns and orchestra. This Saturday’s ...

A taste of BBC Radio 3: Schumann's Konzertstuck for four horns recommended by Rob Cowan.

For "National Eat Dessert First Week," we begin this hour with gelato. Quartetto Gelato. In this performance, hear them play the Konzertstuck op.79, by Carl Maria von Weber, a performance recorded in ...

If I had listened to these rival versions without knowing their provenance, I probably would have sworn Oramo’s came from central Europe and Luisi’s from the leaner-sounding Nordic fringe. But no: ...

Schumann is a composer whose symphonies don’t always sound happy in their skin. Or, at least, not in their orchestration, which has been much criticised over the years for its instrumental doublings ...