Much of our music, from classical to contemporary, is written in either a major or minor key (with exceptions, such as jazz, which uses neither). For most, a major key conjures up feelings of ...

Composed in 1782, the Great Mass in C minor, KV 427, ranks among the pinnacles of Western sacred music. Gianluca Capuano conducts this masterpiece with the vocal ensemble Il Canto di Orfeo and Les ...

Pianist Katie Mahan in Salburg's Peterskirche in Salzburg. The origin of Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor is somewhat of a mystery. It seems that the work was a tribute to Mozart’s wife Constanze, but ...

One of two pieces in Chopin's Opus 48 collection, the Nocturne in C minor, No. 13, is seen as one of the composer's greatest emotional achievements. Mournful, stately, and beautiful - in just over six ...