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On WCRB's CD of the Week, pianist Angela Hewitt, well-known for Bach, turns to one of that composer's most prolific contemporaries, Italian master…

With a 1000-watt smile and warm-hearted performances, the 22-year-old pianist is proof that classical music can drop the pretense and kick some butt.The…

The founder of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus passed away on April 11 at the age of 78.In 1970, John Oliver founded the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and led…

Conductor Simon Rattle leads live recordings of some of the pieces he considers Haydn’s “greatest hits” and celebrates Haydn's innovation, charm, and…

On WCRB In Concert with Mistral, highlights from the local chamber ensemble's past few seasons span three centuries and continents, now available on…

For decades, Cologne-based violinist Geoffry Wharton has played jazzy crowd-pleasing encores written in the 1930s by an obscure composer, Audrey Call. Wharton discovered a spooky connection with her.

A new recording spotlights the tenacious composer, who was the first African-American woman to have her work performed by a major symphony orchestra.

Hear the resourceful pianist trace 700 years of Western music, from the delicate medieval counterpoint of Guillaume de Machaut to the minimalism of Philip Glass.

Jeremy Denk’s new recording spans seven centuries, with pieces by 24 composers unfolding like “sonic snapshots” in a musical time-lapse, and it’s WCRB’s…

Born in 1857, Parisian composer and pianist Cécile Chaminade became famous across Europe – as well as a favorite of Queen Victoria – and now, Mark Viner’s…