Rachmaninoff wanted to recreate the world as it once was. He was the last of the great Romantic composers. Fortunately, there are still pianists and conductors and listeners and critics such as Fiona ...

From Mendelssohn’s Elijah to his Scottish Symphony, here are some of the early Romantic composer’s most glorious pieces of music. Although he only lived to 38, Mendelssohn left behind a remarkable ...

Famous Romantic composers include Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Mahler, and Verdi – to name but a few! The Romantic era is known for its intense energy and passion. The rigid forms of classical music gave way ...

A chalk on paper study of the influential Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn as a child has sold at auction for £34,040, ...

I really wanted to capture the spirit of the time; it's a love letter to the '60s in some ways," the composer says ... that captured his playfulness." His romantic theme for Kelly (Johansson ...

Romantic music developed directly from the ... For example Mendelssohn's "Hebrides Overture" was inspired by the composer's trip to the island of Staffa. As you listen to Rachmaninoff's 'Piano ...