Looking for a reason to dub classical music elitist, an ongoing memory of monarchs, look no further. But look further. The waltz happens to be one of history’s great subversive endeavors.

Ravel was by no means a prolific composer but, including absolutely everything in his catalogue that includes piano, François-Xavier Poizat’s collection stretches to six CDs. Even as someone pretty ...

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites by Bach ... Richard Rodney Bennett's sweeping Waltz from Murder on the Orient Express and Scott Joplin's Bethena Waltz for ...

André Rieu has renewed interest in waltz music, done battle in the pop charts with his huge-selling albums and toured the world with his huge arena concerts. André Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu was born on ...

The two extracts from the suite give us the chance to look at very different dances: the whirling Russian Dance, based on a Ukrainian folk dance, and the elegant Waltz of the Flowers. The Russian ...