George Cai

Schubert dramatizes illness and sorrow through this composition, where the siren song of Death himself calls out to a maiden.

This serious Symphony No. 40 may be seen as part of a musical journey.

Brahms took years to compose a Romantic-era masterpiece that plays tribute to Beethoven.

Enter Schumann’s wildly creative year with this tragic song-story about a poet’s unrequited love.

This full-time Russian chemist managed to become a world-famous composer.

Schumann generated fame and uproar around his work by critiquing it from two oppositely opinionated pennames.

A piece of classical music becomes the anthemic song for millions of sports fans.

The lack of a primary source has led to many interpretations of this piece.

Great cellist Pablo Casals treasured, performed, and recorded the forgotten suites.

Part 1 of this series on Bach’s “Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello“ discusses the 19th-century ‘Bach Revival.”