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Kate Mosse: the bestselling author on why we should put women back into the story of classical music

Sergey Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 best recordings

The best recordings of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2

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February 2022

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Abel Selaocoe on the pieces of music every cellist should play

BBC Music Magazine Free Download of the Week

Free Download: Olivier Stankiewicz plays Mozart’s Oboe Concerto

Who own Stradivarius violins and how much are they worth

Which performers currently own Stradivarius violins and how much are they worth?

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The latest news from the classical music world

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BBC Music Magazine announces nominees for its 2022 Awards

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Organist and composer Francis Jackson dies, aged 104

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 28: Sheku Kanneh-Mason performs with the Chineke! London Contemporary Orchestra at Southbank Centre on May 28, 2021 in London, England. The performance is part of the Southbank Centre: Summer Reunion which marks the return of an audience for the first time since March 2020. (Photo by Kate Green/Getty Images)

Sheku Kanneh-Mason explores Elgar’s hometown in the Malvern Hills on Countryfile

The Ivors Composer Awards in the British Museum on Wednesday 8 December 2021.
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Winners of 2021 Ivors Composer Awards address climate change and isolation in their pioneering new works

Greatest recordings

Our recommendations of essential additions to your listening library

Elgar's Cello Concerto best recordings

Six of the best recordings of Elgar’s Cello Concerto

A guide to Bruckner's Symphony No. 5 and its best recordings

A guide to Bruckner’s Symphony No. 5 and its best recordings

Maria Ewing poses for a photographer in her costume as Melisande. She performs in the opera Pelleas et Melisande. Composer: Claude Debussy. (Photo by Ira Nowinski/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

Maria Ewing: the singer’s best recordings

Handel’s Messiah best recordings

The best recordings of Handel’s Messiah

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Music to my Ears Podcast

Top musicians share their musical passions with the BBC Music Magazine team

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Music to my Ears Podcast: Cosmo Sheldrake

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Music to my Ears Podcast: Countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński

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Music to my Ears Podcast: Pianist Peter Jablonski

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Music to my Ears Podcast: Boxer and bassoonist Hannah Rankin

Albums of the week

A selection of the best reviewed albums from the latest issue of BBC Music Magazine

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Gerald Barry: Alice’s Adventures Underground

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F Price: Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 (Philadelphia/Nézet-Séguin)

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Anima Aeterna (Jakub Józef Orliński)

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The great composers

Explore the lives and works of classical music's finest composers

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Composer Sarah Schachner on what it is like to write music for video games

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - JULY 04: Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead performs at Emirates Old Trafford on July 4, 2017 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Andrew Benge/Redferns)

Jonny Greenwood: how the Radiohead guitarist became one of the world’s best film composers

How the Queen inspired Britten to start composing again after he almost died

How the Queen inspired Britten to start composing again after he almost died