New in "Exploring Music"

Treasures from The Library

We're finally doing it - making the stories about music that we've gathered for sixty years available to our members - or anyone on the site. Now follow the great stories of great music by reading our "Exploring Music" stories. You'll find David M. Greene expounding from his desk in the mountains of Pennsylvania about UPS, his cat, Mussorgsky's pants, if Goethe was a good kisser (apparently so), and his storytelling take on the great stories that make classical music much more fun and interesting than it's often portrayed. Jazz lovers, don't be dismayed - we're getting to you as well. AND - if you're really interested in a trip down memory lane - ENTIRE version of The Musical Heritage Review will soon be appearing on our site - you can read them all cover to cover, and you can party like it's 1975 all over again.
September 10, 2026

Gene Bertoncini - A Tribute

  • Now Available for Download

    A new vault treasure - a newly remastered version of this unusual release is now available for download in our store. Haydn's Sonatas for Piano With Violin features works - probably by Haydn, but with enough doubt that our David M. Greene wonders out loud about their authenticity in his accompanying essay, "Authentic?"

    EXPLORE THIS RECORDING 

  • Our New Main Selection! August 2026

    Vivaldi's "La Cetra", Op. 9 offers 12 delicious violin concertos - written at the height of Vivaldi's compositional power. Performed here by The Orchestra of Accademia Monterverdiana, in recordings that have been unreleased since the 1970s.

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  • Rule Britannia and More

    Soloists and composers wishing to get in good graces with British audiences in the early 1800s had a trick - variations on Arne's famous tune "Rule Britannia". Pianist Mary MacDonald compiled five unique versions on this reissue from 1980.

    EXPLORE "VARIATIONS ON RULE BRITANNIA" AND MORE 

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  • Reicha Could be Mistaken for Beethoven

    Reicha Could be Mistaken for Beethoven

    David M. Greene

    No doubt there was only one Beethoven, and search where you may you probably won't find the likes of the Ninth symphony or the "Hammerklavier" emanating from anyone else's pen....

    Reicha Could be Mistaken for Beethoven

    David M. Greene

    No doubt there was only one Beethoven, and search where you may you probably won't find the likes of the Ninth symphony or the "Hammerklavier" emanating from anyone else's pen....

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  • A True Intellectual or The Enemy of Art

    A True Intellectual or The Enemy of Art

    David M. Greene

    Antonin Rejcha was born into a musical family-at least his father was a Stadtpfeifer in Prague. But it probably made lit­tle difference, for before the kid reached his first birthday...

    A True Intellectual or The Enemy of Art

    David M. Greene

    Antonin Rejcha was born into a musical family-at least his father was a Stadtpfeifer in Prague. But it probably made lit­tle difference, for before the kid reached his first birthday...

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  • Spanish Flavored

    Spanish Flavored

    David M. Greene

    There are few, I think, who would quarrel with the adjective used by an eighteenth century Portuguese letter­-writer when he spoke of ''the great Escarlate." The son of a father...

    Spanish Flavored

    David M. Greene

    There are few, I think, who would quarrel with the adjective used by an eighteenth century Portuguese letter­-writer when he spoke of ''the great Escarlate." The son of a father...

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  • Bernard Herrmann: Recreating The Pictures

    David M. Greene

    Culture is the glue that holds a civilization together. It not only provides us with something meaningful to talk about besides our own personal concerns; it enables us to avoid...

    Bernard Herrmann: Recreating The Pictures

    David M. Greene

    Culture is the glue that holds a civilization together. It not only provides us with something meaningful to talk about besides our own personal concerns; it enables us to avoid...

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  • Continuing the Noble Tradition

    Continuing the Noble Tradition

    The Musical Heritage Society

    When one attempts this kind of discussion of Brahms's music, there inevitably comes to mind the story of Brahms and the unfortunate musical dilettante. It is said that one evening,...

    Continuing the Noble Tradition

    The Musical Heritage Society

    When one attempts this kind of discussion of Brahms's music, there inevitably comes to mind the story of Brahms and the unfortunate musical dilettante. It is said that one evening,...

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  • They Stand Alone

    They Stand Alone

    David White

    The art of scoring a film is a complex one. The music must not only complement the plot, it must establish character, create moods, heighten tension, and even play against...

    They Stand Alone

    David White

    The art of scoring a film is a complex one. The music must not only complement the plot, it must establish character, create moods, heighten tension, and even play against...

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