Over his long career Barry Manilow has earned fifty Top-40 hits, along with a Grammy, a Tony and two Emmys. Today, at 80, he is about to debut his Broadway musical, "Harmony," the true story of a pre-World War II singing group in Germany whose fame was ob...

In honor of the composer's centenary next year, the family of Henry Mancini has been recording a tribute album featuring some of the Oscar- and Grammy-winner's most beloved music, performed by some of the most celebrated artists today.

In this article, we have selected for you eight of the most beautiful works by Rachmaninoff to play on the piano. From his Preludes to his Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini, as well as his famous Piano Concerto No. 2, immerse yourself in the history of the...

Glenn Gould plays extracts from Bach's Aria with 30 Variations BWV 988 also known as ""The Goldberg Variations"". Broadcast by CBC on 3rd June 1964.

Glenn Gould was 28 years old here. For the impatient, Gould's performance begins at 5:08, but I strongly encourage you to watch Leonard Bernstein's fascinating introduction.

40 years after his death, Glenn Gould continues to inspire and irritate.

Some famous pianists (András Schiff, Vladimir Sofronitsky, Zoltan Kocsis, Elly Ney, Raoul von Koczalski) play on composers' (Franz Liszt, Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Frederic Chopin, Alexander Scriabin) pianos (Liszt and his Bechstein p...

A guide to the life and works of pianist and composer Franz Liszt, and what made him such an important figure in music history.

Juliette Nadia Boulanger was a French music teacher and conductor. She taught many of the leading composers and musicians of the 20th century, and also performed occasionally as a pianist and organist.

All the works for piano solo by Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) performed by pianist Duco Burgers.

Marie-Juliette Olga "Lili" Boulanger was a French composer and the first female winner of the Prix de Rome composition prize. Her older sister was the noted composer and composition teacher Nadia Boulanger.

Gustav Mahler has been one of my favorite composers since I discovered Classical Music – and in this video I try to explain why he holds that place, from many angles, channelled through the extraordinary, moving story of Mahler’s life and works.

A look at his life works - the Orgelbuchlein, the Well Tempered Clavier, the Art of Fugue, the Goldberg Variations, the Brandenburg Concertos, the Cantatas, The St Matthew Passion and St John Passion, and the B minor Mass. We also talk about his counterpo...

Why Mozart is widely considered a genius - the greatest musical genius to walk this Earth?