Columbia Records launched Glenn Gould's international career with the 1955 Goldberg VariationsMusic linernotes album music
Yo-Yo Ma's Inspired by Bach explores the cello suites through film and danceMusic linernotes album music
Pablo Casals made the first complete recording of the Bach Cello Suites in the late 1930sMusic linernotes album music
James William Guercio got Moondog's 1969 album recorded at Columbia with 50 musiciansMusic linernotes album music
The Takács, Juilliard, and Emerson Quartets all recorded definitive Bartók cycles.Music linernotes album music
The Eroica Symphony doubled the length of symphonies and launched Romantic musicMusic linernotes album music
Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 is in B-flat minor, but opens in D-flat majorMusic linernotes album music
Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 has three movements — and that iconic opening theme never comes back.Music linernotes album music
Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 became Russia's Olympic anthem in 2021Music linernotes album music
Tchaikovsky revised his Piano Concerto No. 1 twice — in 1879 and again in 1888Music linernotes album music
Tchaikovsky composed his First Symphony in 1866 after joining the Moscow ConservatoryMusic linernotes album music
Symphony No. 5 premiered alongside the Pastoral and Piano Concerto No. 4 in 1808Music linernotes album music
Schubert's Piano Sonata No. 8 is a three-movement work with no scherzo — darker and more concentrated than its predecessors.Music linernotes album music
Schubert's Op. 90 Impromptus embody his late style — simple on the surface, sophisticated underneathMusic linernotes album music
Schubert's Op. 90 contains four impromptus, D. 899 — some of the most beloved short-form piano works ever written.Music linernotes album music
Schubert's late quartets include 'Death and the Maiden' and the C major Quintet.Music linernotes album music
Schubert's Impromptus balance intimate lyricism with dramatic contrast — song-like melodies meet virtuosic passagesMusic linernotes album music
Schubert's final piano sonata spans four movements, opening with one of the longest first movements in the repertoire.Music linernotes album music
Schubert's D. 960 is regarded as one of the greatest piano sonatas ever writtenMusic linernotes album music
Schubert saw his Impromptus, Op. 90 published in 1827, the year he wrote themMusic linernotes album music
Schubert composed his Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor while sick with syphilisMusic linernotes album music
Schubert composed his Piano Sonata D. 960 just two months before his deathMusic linernotes album music
Schoenberg's String Quartet No. 2: atonality with a soprano and a line from another planetMusic linernotes album music
Rubinstein's rejection gave Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 to Hans von BülowMusic linernotes album music
Rubinstein called Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 'worthless' and 'unplayable'Music linernotes album music
Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 unfolds in three movements, with an F-sharp minor Adagio at its heart.Music linernotes album music
Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 Adagio opens with the piano alone — an operatic slow movement in Siciliano rhythmMusic linernotes album music
Mozart finished his Piano Concerto No. 23 just two months before The Marriage of FigaroMusic linernotes album music
Dvořák channeled Native American and African-American music into his New World SymphonyMusic linernotes album music
Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 set the template that Brahms, Wagner, and Mahler all followedMusic linernotes album music
Beethoven's String Quartet No. 14 was the last of a trio of late quartets, completed in 1826Music linernotes album music
Beethoven's Op. 74 is called the 'Harp' quartet for its pizzicato arpeggiosMusic linernotes album music
Beethoven's Op. 135 is the lightest of the late quartets — short, Classical, almost playfulMusic linernotes album music
Beethoven's Op. 132 third movement is a thanksgiving song from a survivorMusic linernotes album music
Beethoven's middle quartets run from the Rasumovsky works through the Harp and SeriosoMusic linernotes album music
Beethoven's middle quartets are longer, bolder, and more complex than the Op. 18 setMusic linernotes album music
Beethoven's Hammerklavier held the title for longest standard piano sonataMusic linernotes album music
Beethoven's First Symphony nods to Haydn and Mozart but the sforzandi are all his ownMusic linernotes album music
Beethoven's Fifth was one of the first symphonies with continuous movementsMusic linernotes album music
