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Gospel music: what it is, how it evolved and some of the best gospel performers to listen to

Gospel music: what it is, how it evolved and some of the best gospel performers to listen to

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Farrenc, Louise

Is music good for you?

Is music good for you?

What is the role of the viola?

What is the role of the viola?

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Roderick Williams: the best recordings

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Music to my Ears Podcast: Pianist Peter Jablonski

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News

The latest news from the classical music world

NEW ORLEANS, LA - JANUARY 12: Actor Clarke Peters, Alfred

Clarke Peters and other musical theatre stars to join BBC Concert Orchestra in Golden Age of Broadway Prom

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London Symphony Orchestra, Hannah Peel, Nubya Garcia and Laura Mvula make 2021 Mercury Prize shortlist

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BBC Proms to open at full capacity this year

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Pioneering opera director Graham Vick dies, aged 67

Greatest recordings

Our recommendations of essential additions to your listening library

A guide to Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals, the animals represented and its best recordings

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The Best Recordings of JS Bach’s Goldberg Variations

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A guide to JS Bach’s St Matthew Passion and its best recordings

Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

A guide to Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis and its best recordings

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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: Boxer and bassoonist Hannah Rankin

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Music to my Ears Podcast: Clarinettist Julian Bliss

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Music to my Ears Podcast: Radio 3 broadcaster Georgia Mann

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Music to my Ears Podcast: Guitarist Miloš Karadaglić

Albums of the week

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

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Roxanna Panufnik: Heartfelt

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R Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Burleske

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Paganini: 24 Caprices (Ibragimova)

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The great composers

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

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Finnis, Edmund

Who is Hans Zimmer

Zimmer, Hans

Composers who died before 40 years old

10 composers who died before 40

Monteverdi best works

Top 10 Baroque composers