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The German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra play Rachmaninov's 2nd symphony and Strauss.

Beethoven's output for cello and piano spanned his lifetime -- starting with the two sonatas he composed in 1796; two near ...

Purdue moved back to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll Monday ahead of Houston, which spent a single week there after leapfrogging the Boilermakers. It's hardly a two-team race for ...

The first regular-season AP Top 25 is typically an overhaul from the preseason poll as voters get a better sense of how good teams might actually be. This season certainly is no different. First-place ...

The Associated Press Top 25 poll will update later Monday, at which point Purdue is expected to remain No. 1 for the second straight week. Houston should still be No. 2, which means the top two teams ...

Former India skipper Rohit Sharma on Wednesday (October 29, 2025) claimed the top spot in the ICC Men’s ODI batter rankings for the first time in his distinguished career. The 38-year-old Rohit ...

The University of Florida was ranked No. 1 overall in the inaugural City Journal College Ranking. The ranking, created by a conservative think tank, evaluated 100 prominent colleges on various ...

Each of Stage 2’s four days offer 10 45-minute recitals, dominated by Chopin’s 24 Preludes, Op 28. All of the candidates are required to play either a group of six Preludes in successive order (either ...

The first recording of Chopin’s last sonata is now a century old. Peter J Rabinowitz dives into a selection from the hundreds of versions that have appeared since to see how they compare ‘Deficient … ...

Maharaj, who last held the spot in November 2023, returned to the top after gaining two places to move ahead of Theekshana (second) and India spinner Kuldeep Yadav (third). The 35-year-old picked up ...

Dallas is full of steakhouses, but there always seems to be room for more. Major Food Group is betting on the city’s red meat affinity with its new concept, No. 1 Steak, which just launched inside its ...