Beginners Guides
Mahler – Symphony No. 9 – A Beginner’s Guide
A guide to Mahler’s Symphony No. 9, with historical background, analysis, and recommendations for the best recordings.
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Beginners Guides
Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 3 – A Beginners Guide
A guide to Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3, with historical background, analysis, and recommendations for the best recordings.
Beginners Guides
Mahler – Symphony No. 5 – A Beginner’s Guide
A guide to Mahler's Symphony No. 5 with historical background, analysis, and recommendations for the best recordings.
Beginners Guides
Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 (“Scottish”) – A Beginners Guide
A guide to Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3 ("Scottish"), with historical background, analysis, and recommendations for the best recordings.
Beginners Guides
Schubert – Winterreise – A Beginners Guide
A guide to one of Franz Schubert's defining song cycles with background, analysis, and recommendations for the best recordings.
Beginners Guides
Debussy – Préludes – A Beginners Guide
A guide to Debussy’s two books of Préludes, with background, analysis and recommendations for the best recordings.
Beginners Guides
Brahms – Symphony No. 1 – A Beginners Guide
A guide to Brahms' First Symphony, with background, analysis and recommendations for the best recordings.
Beginners Guides
Mahler – Symphony No. 1 (“Titan”) – A Beginners Guide
A guide to Mahler's First Symphony, with background, analysis and recommendations for the best recordings.
Beginners Guides
Mozart – Requiem – A Beginners Guide
Mozart's Requiem was the last work he ever composed. This guide gives background, analysis and recommends the best recordings of various completions.
Beginners Guides
Tchaikovsky – A beginners Guide
Where to start when you want to get to know the music of Tchaikovsky, one of the leading figures in the late Romantic era? Here are 10 pieces…