Poor Beethoven’s 250th anniversary year saw most of the projected live events cancelled, but good new recordings have continued to appear. One reason for liking this one, performances aside, is the ...

At its lowest, the bassoon is the orchestra’s fart-cushion. Haydn wasn’t above to employ it thus. At its best, it is this: An integral part to three chamber music pieces so beautiful, so impeccably ...

There is no doubt about the brilliant uniqueness of pianist, conductor, musicologist and one-time Nadia Boulanger pupil Robert Levin, an influential Harvard Professor for more than two decades until ...

Nothing embodies the way classical music is evolving — in positive ways — better than the Boulder Bassoon Quartet. A professional bassoon quartet? Yes, they’re rare. But it’s just the sort of clever ...

Leslie Ross 100 years after Stravinsky made the bassoon sound like it never had, in the opening of his Rite of Spring, Ross uses micro-amplifiers—15 of them, placed right on the sound holes of her ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Daniel Smith, who was one of the few bassoonists recording and performing ...

Music, education, family and Chinese heritage are passions of Principal Bassoon Fei Xie. Fei Xie has been the Minnesota Orchestra's principal bassoon since 2017. When he won the principal role with ...

For years, classical music fans have been left behind in the streaming revolution. Finding particular works and recordings has been hit or miss on the major platforms, which were basically built to ...

After expanding to CarPlay a few months ago, Apple Music Classical has hit yet another new platform. Starting today, you can access Apple Music Classical on the web for the first time. In today’s ...