The Music: Outside Russia, Rimsky-Korsakov’s music is little known beyond the exotic oriental world of his orchestral suite Scheherazade. The good news is that there’s plenty more where this came from ...

Get all the top news & discounts for Classical Music & beyond. As the New York Times observes, since its inception nearly three decades ago, "the Bard Music Festival has managed more than its fair ...

Chopin’s solo piano études helped push the genre into uncharted territory. He would have practiced examples by Czerny and Clementi in his youth, but his own Op. 10 and Op. 25 sets make far more ...

Donald explores Rimsky-Korsakov's relationship with the sea. What began as a childhood obsession developed into an early naval career. Donald explores what the ocean represented for Rimsky-Korsakov ...

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) was a Russian composer, and a member of the group of composers known as The Five. New York's Musical Courier was not so far from the mark when it reported in 1897: ...