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TV and Film music

What is the film TÁR about and when is it released?

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Pianist Evgeny Kissin speaks out on Ukraine

What has King Charles done for classical music?

What has King Charles done for classical music?

BBC Music Magazine Free Download of the Week

Free download: Ravel Piano Concerto, III: Presto

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Continuo Foundation awards more grants for early music ensembles

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Royal Philharmonic Society honorary membership for Thea Musgrave

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Greatest recordings

Our recommendations of essential additions to your listening library

Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1

Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1: a guide to his famous piano masterpiece and its best recordings

Schubert Death and the Maiden

Schubert’s Death and the Maiden: A guide to Schubert’s emotional string quartet and its best recordings

Porgy and Bess by Gershwin

Porgy and Bess: a guide to Gershwin’s popular opera and its best recordings

Zemlinsky String Quartet 2

A guide to Zemlinsky’s String Quartet No. 2 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: 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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Martin Suckling: The Tuning

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JS Bach • Buxtehude • Schütz: Cantatas etc

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Barber • Bruch • Vaughan Williams: Violin Concertos

The great composers

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

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

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

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Gabriela Lena Frank: an exclusive interview with the American composer

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Fifteen composers at 30

Danny Elfman, the composer of The Simpsons theme tune

Who is Danny Elfman, the composer behind The Simpsons?