Scandal, fraud and worse: rock's 19 most infamous managers, ranked
From manipulation and financial shenanigans to scandal and ego, these infamous rock managers shaped music – and sometimes ruined lives
Haydn: classical music's greatest humourist
Joseph Haydn: the classical era's great humourist... and more
Sex, scandal, symphonies: the dark history of great composers and syphilis
Romantic composers were passionate, sensual and untrammelled in their desires. Sadly, this meant a surge in deaths from syphilis
Celebrate the future of music with the Festival Academy Budapest
FAB celebrates its 10-year anniversary in 2025 with honoured guests and young talent
The best streaming amplifiers on the market in 2025
The lost classic album that brought down a supergroup
The supergroup that burned bright, fell apart, and left one iconic album, leaving a legacy equal parts tension and brilliance
These 15 stone-cold classic albums were a nightmare to make
From Fleetwood Mac to Tears for Fears: 15 classic rock albums that cost blood, sweat and tears to put together
The bizarre classical music work where one player sits in the other's lap
Step forward Ligeti, Stockhausen and, er, Mozart: here are classical music's strangest, craziest and weirdest compositions
These 17 bands each left us just one unforgettable song
From jangling indie to late-’90s pop, these bands left their mark with a single unforgettable hit that defined then forever more
Why a besotted piano student held Liszt at gunpoint
Meet the most fascinating figures from classical music
From the Middle Ages to Miles Davis, these are the 10 best trumpeters of all time
Leading trumpeter Matilda Lloyd traces the history of her instrument through ten influential players, from the Tudor era to the present day
15 bands whose lyrics we just don't understand (and we love it that way)
Some of rock’s most beloved bands sing in riddles, nonsense, or invented languages — and we love them all the more for it
These 12 iconic musicians walked away at the height of their powers
When stars vanish at their peak – Barrett, Stevens, Denny, Gould – their abrupt exits leave mystery, legend, and longing in their wake
The great composers
Explore the lives and works of classical music's finest composers
Robbed from the grave: the mysterious tales of composers’ missing body parts
Steve Wright peers into the coffin as he investigates the deceased composers whose bodies continued to go on their own adventures
Rachmaninov: huge hands, hypnotherapy ... and breathtaking music
The last great Russian Romantic: meet Sergey Rachmaninov, creator of some of classical music's most irresistible melodies
We ranked the 31 greatest composers of all time (the top 3 were so tough)
We asked today's composers to choose the 31 greatest composers of all time. A tough task: here's how they rank...
Why Bach was the composer who changed music forever
Meet the king of counterpoint, Johann Sebastian Bach
Greatest Recordings
Our recommendations of essential additions to your listening library
Genesis: all 15 albums ranked from worst to best (the top 5 were SO tough)
We rank every Genesis studio album, from their early prog masterpieces to the stadium filling pop-rock of the 1980s
These are the 31 greatest classical albums to start your collection
Our round-up of the best must-have performances of classical music. Update your collection with the great symphonies, choral works, operas, chamber and instrumental works
9 'classic' albums that fell flat (and what went wrong)
Even legends falter. From the Stones to McCartney, 9 albums that should’ve been masterpieces — but instead missed the mark in fascinating ways
Ranked: rock's 17 most captivating concept albums
From musical Inuits to four-disc madness, these daring albums stretch imagination with surreal narratives, bizarre sounds, and sheer unforgettable weirdness
Albums of the week
A selection of the best reviewed albums from the latest issue of BBC Music Magazine
Review: Nei giardini d’amore (arias by Handel, Monteverdi et al)
Hugh Cutting and Carlo Vistoli are ideally matched in these Baroque works, says Kate Bolton-Porciatti
Review: Bassoon Concertos (Martin Kuuskmann)
Martin Kuuskmann brings technical brilliance and sonorous, expressive warmth to three modern Estonian bassoon concertos
Review: Ravel, Stravinsky (Pavel Kolesnikov, Samson Tsoy)
David Nice is astonished by a wonderful piano duo’s interpretation of Stravinsky and Ravel ballets
Audio equipment reviews and advice
A selection of the best reviewed albums from the latest issue of BBC Music Magazine