Alfredo Casella (25 July 1883 – 5 March 1947) was an Italian composer, pianist and conductor who entered the Paris Conservatory at age 13 where he studied composition under Gabriel Faure and a couple ...

A primer on medieval chants, minimalist opera and everything in between.

Young Sergei Rachmaninoff had a nervous breakdown after scathing reviews of his Symphony No. 1 in 1897. He was so shaken that he couldn’t compose for three years and eventually sought treatment, ...

I’m using an exclamation point to celebrate because this is exciting news if you’re an Apple Music Classical fan. Thanks to much improved metadata, the app is infinitely better than Apple Music for ...