This week’s three new releases are the latest albums by Sleaford Mods, the Maxwell Quartet, and Pearl Charles. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week ...

The Maxwell Quartet draws fascinating parallels between the music of Joseph Haydn, the father of the string quartet, and Scottish folk music in their latest release, this week’s Feature Album on ABC ...

Musical nicknames are good for business. Haydn’s set of six string quartets, Op 33, has had nicknames for the whole set, none of which is very widely used. “Russian”, favoured by BIS, remembers the ...

Duo I For Two Violins, Opus 67 - Louis Spohr; Three Duos For Two Violins, Opus 99 - Franz Joseph Haydn; Duet For Two Violins (After The Piano Sonata In A Major, K.331) - W.A. Mozart; Duet In G Major ...

To mark the 200th anniversary of the death of Joseph Haydn, Ted Libbey considers the great composer's final set of symphonies. Joseph Haydn's last 12 symphonies, commissioned by the London impresario ...

Throughout the week Classic FM’s presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. Picture: Classic FM John Suchet plays a track from ...

Throughout the week, Classic FM’s presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. John Suchet's Album of the Week. Picture: Classic ...

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Austrian composer Joseph Haydn. Haydn spent much of his career in service to nobility, situated far away from the musical mainstream. He once said ...

Franz Joseph Haydn never gets the attention he deserves. His friend Mozart and his student Beethoven tend to soak up most of the spotlight, but neither of those guys is called the “father” of anything ...

The St. Lawrence String Quartet (SLSQ) has announced the release of two new albums via Phenotypic Recordings — the final ones with co-founder and violinist Geoff Nuttall, who died of pancreatic cancer ...

Premieres Friday, September 18 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings), pbs.org/nowhearthis and the PBS Video app When Joseph Haydn visited England, he was so taken ...

This is the problem: He did not die tragically young, but lived to a ripe old age. He did not leave a trove of letters scattered with four-letter words. And they haven’t made a famous film about him.