One of the greatest composers in history added to his musical legacy with the invention of the CD, over 150 years after he died. In the late 1970s, executives in the recording and hi-fi industries ...

__1770: __Ludwig van Beethoven is born to a family of musicians in Bonn, Germany. His Ninth Symphony will play a role in determining the length of the music CD. Exactly how big a role is a matter of ...

You have to have a gimmick to put out yet another recording of the Beethoven Violin Concerto, and Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili has two dandy ones: She plays the Beethoven without a conductor, ...

The Allegri Quartet’s earliest incarnation began playing in 1953. Orchestral personnel change constantly and no one bats an eyelid. String quartet members are similarly replaced and retired, leading ...

The Harmonie, a small instrumental group made up of pairs of oboes, clarinets, horns and bassoons, hit its stride in late 18th century Vienna. Early repertoire mostly consisted of operatic ...