With phenomenal music and ground-breaking storylines, it's no surprise that Carmen has become one of the most famous Operas. The Toreador...

The 12 Days of Christmas' origins are unknown. Some say it started out as a Catholic Resistance Carol, others as a Memory Game and some...

Taking the dramatics from Italy, the grandness from France and the harmony from Germany, Henry Purcell's distinctive Baroque style is...

Air on the G String is a later arrangement of a work by Bach. As the name suggests, it is to be played entirely on the lowest string of...

Considering it is one of the most famous Ballets of all time, "The Nutcracker" did not start off as a raving success. Instead, the...

Music for a While is incidental music composed for the play Oedipus Rex by English composer Henry Purcell. It is a Da Capo Aria, with...

Based on the Traditional Hungarian Csardas, the Czardas Rhapsody packs variety and virtuosity in a way few freestanding works do. Having...

Considering it has Chopin's fingerprints all over it, it might be surprising to hear it wasn't attributed to the composer until the...

Considering it is one of the most famous Ballets of all time, "The Nutcracker" did not start off as a raving success. Instead, the...

The Carol of the Bells is a Ukrainian Carol, having recently become popular worldwide. The repetition of a simple motif with different...

The Danube Flows through 4 European Capital Cities: Vienna, Budapest, Bratislava and Belgrade. It may have now lost its Blue colour this...

Smetana's Magnus Opus - Ma Vlast - is a form of Nationalist Music. This style fuses the features of late Romanticism with the folk music...

Grieg's Music written for the play Peer Gynt make up his most widely recognised pieces, though Grieg himself detested many of them. As...

This incredibly virtuosic piece was written by Bazzini in the 19th century and is infamous amongst violinists for its difficulty and the...

This is the finale of Eine Klein and takes us to a lovely conclusion. This movement is a rondo meaning a light dance that has recurring...

This is the third movement from Eine Klein Nachtmusik. Written by Mozart, this movement is a menutetto and should be played as such. We...

This is the second movement of 4 from the iconic Eine Klein Nachtmusik by Mozart. This movement is a slower romanze which should be...

This is a short renaissance piece which was originally written for the recorder. Here we have not just the original recorder version but...

Considering it is one of the most famous Ballets of all time, "The Nutcracker" did not start off as a raving success. Instead, the...

This is one of the most unusual pieces composed by Bach. We still don't understand what it's about, when it was composed, or even if it...