Maurice Ravel's Boléro is one of the most iconic and mesmerizing works in the orchestral repertoire, celebrated for its hypnotic rhythm and gradual crescendo. Composed in 1928, the piece was originally written as a ballet commissioned by Russian...

This concerto was commissioned by the prominent Austrian pianist Paul Wittgenstein, who had lost his right arm due to a wound sustained in World War I. The concerto negotiates several sections in various tempi and keys without pause. Towards the end of...