When Mark and Elisabeth considered their top ten violin concertos, an easy truce was agreed. Sorry, Johannes, but when it comes to violin concertos, Pyotr Ilyich was victorious.
From Wilbur Hall to Charlie Chaplin by way of Ray Chen and Gilles Apap, here are ten violinists who won't fail to surprise you with their unsuspected talents.
Characters in opera are doomed to die – especially sopranos – but the variety of ways they are dispatched can be highly entertaining. Sit back and enjoy some of our favourites!
April 23rd, 2016 sees the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death. We're marking the occation with a playlist of our favourite Shakespeare-inpired works.
Born on the 29th of February, Gioachino Rossini only gets to celebrate his birthday every four years, so we're celebrating in style with a playlist of Bachtrack favourites.
We’ve written a lot about Sibelius in this anniversary year but for his actual 150th birthday we thought we’d offer our favourite Sibelius works for your listening enjoyment!
Denmark’s favourite musical son, Carl Nielsen, celebrates his 150th birthday today. In this playlist, you'll find some of his greatest music in excellent performances.
