This is a collection of music composed by William Byrd for viol consort, probably between 1560 and 1603. The viol is the ancestor of the cello, a fretted, bowed instrument with six strings. It comes ...

François Couperin was one of the baroque era’s greatest keyboard composers. Did he write any orchestral music? Er, no. Though listen to a few minutes of Hugo Reyne’s version of his trio sonata “La ...

Classical music struck me as a chore when I was a kid. It’s not that I didn’t like the way it sounded; I was just too restless to sit through the concerts my mother would drag me to, or even to make ...

Sofia Fomina in 'Guillaume Tell' at Covent Garden in London. Rossini's five act grand opera Guilliaume Tell is having a controversial run of performances at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in ...

In a second year of disruption to classical music performances, we asked our critics to tell us about their highlights, and what aspects of 2021 they’re showing the red card to I was a big fan of ...

Rossini's "Stabat Mater" stands alongside the Verdi Requiem (which pays explicit homage to it) as one of the great operas of the liturgical repertoire. This exciting new recording, led by conductor ...

Desandre flies in a vivacious baroque programme, while a new edition of Rossini’s late work is small but perfectly formed The young French-Italian mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre studied ballet for 12 ...

Operavore keeps its finger on the pulse of the international opera scene. We offer news bulletins from the around the globe, previews of new recordings, and interviews with the players and ...

Amid reports of insolvent symphony orchestras, lackluster box-office receipts and sagging CD sales, classical music is still very much alive. Classical blogs, social-media sites and listservs are only ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by By Zachary Woolfe THERE are lots of theories. Maybe Gioachino Rossini was tired. He might have been devastated by the death of his beloved mother. Or ...