The 10 best: pieces inspired by trains

Bruckner and Dvořák loved them, Wagner hated them and Mendelssohn found a trip on a free-wheeling locomotive “agony for the nerves”. On the day that fares rise while many services fail to satisfy, we look at which composers have got steamed up about trainsJohann Strauss I: Eisenbahn-Lust Waltz (Railway Delight Waltz), 1836 Continue reading...