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An extraordinary group of musicians join violinist Maxim Vengerov in performing two chamber music jewels by Johannes Brahms.

Olapeju Simoyan's "I Played My Best for Him! Inspiring Stories Behind 'The Little Drummer Boy' and other Christmas Favorites.

Joni Mitchell’s “River” is a quintessential holiday song that encapsulates end-of-year introspection. With a piano melody that subtly hints at “Jingle Bells,” the song quickly transitions into themes ...

Holiday playlists don’t need to be boxed into Christmas-only songs or overly cheerful jingles. What people tend to crave at the end of the year is music that matches the emotional temperature of ...

Copland by way of Transylvania – amid flashes of high Romanticism and the peculiar IMD (Inter Modulation Distortion) that ...