Are you feeling cooped up? Tired of staring at the same four walls? We have the solution for you! We have just loaded a whole hour of music that John Williams composed for the Star Wars films into one playlist that Classical Archives members can enjoy with just one...

Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait for narrator and orchestra, first performed in 1942, has become an American classic. Over the years, live performances have been narrated by speakers that have included Henry Fonda, William Warfield, Marian Anderson, Vin Scully,...

Our ears have opened wider since the era when Duke Ellington lived. Nearly a half century after his death, we are still coming to terms with his monumental influence. Without him, there would have been no West Side Story, no Guys and Dolls, or countless other...

Although many of us are sheltering at home, there is nothing stopping us from daydreaming about all the wonderful places we will go when we can travel again. George Gershwin May we suggest a virtual trip to Paris? You can go there today by clicking on a playlist we...

We cannot recall the last time we wrote about a piece of music composed for military band. But when our current search for mood-lifting musical selections led us to rediscover The English Folk Song Suite, a piece that Ralph Vaughan Williams composed in 1923 for...