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Best lesser-known Christmas music

17 lesser-known pieces of Christmas music that deserve more recognition

Handel’s Messiah best recordings

The best recordings of Handel’s Messiah

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -- MAY 16, 2021: Sunbul, 18, far left, refers to the notes as her bandmates practice during the Zohra Orchestra at Afghanistan National Institute of Music, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 16, 2021. (MARCUS YAM / LOS ANGELES TIMES)

Why Shogufa Safi and Afghanistan’s first all-female orchestra have been forced to flee their country

BBC Music Magazine Free Download of the Week

Free Download: Elena Urioste and Tom Poster play Fauré’s Andante

Best Christmas operas

The best Christmas operas of all time

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Ryan Bancroft appointed chief conductor of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

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The latest news from the classical music world

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 15: Phoebe Dynevor attends the 6th Annual InStyle Awards on November 15, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)

Bridgerton star Phoebe Dynevor and narrator Stephen Fry to join London Symphony Orchestra on audiobook of Sleeping Beauty

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West Side Story 2021 soundtrack to be released before the film

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Ryan Corbett becomes first accordionist in 28 years to win ROSL Gold Medal

Mark Elder photographed for the cover of BBC Music Magazine

Mark Elder announced as new principal guest conductor of Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Classical music at Christmas

Prepare for the festive period with our musical recommendations

Who composed our favourite Christmas carols?

The composers behind your favourite carols…

Bach's Christmas Oratorio

The best recordings of JS Bach’s Christmas Oratorio

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Grace-Evangeline Mason’s ‘A Winter Carol’: the exclusive score for the 2021 BBC Music Magazine Christmas carol

Best pieces of Christmas classical music

Christmas classical music: the best festive pieces of all time

Greatest recordings

Our recommendations of essential additions to your listening library

The best performances of Sondheim's 'Send in the Clowns'

The best performances of Sondheim’s ‘Send in the Clowns’

Schubert’s Trout Quintet best recordings

Schubert’s Trout Quintet: a guide to Schubert’s Piano Quintet in A and its best recordings

The best Christmas classical music CDs and recordings released

The best Christmas classical music albums and recordings

Bernard Haitink

Nine unmissable recordings by Bernard Haitink

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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

Signum Alice

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

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 07: Stephen Sondheim during the Dramatists Guild Fund Gala 'Great Writers Thank Their Lucky Stars : The Presidential Edition' presentation at Gotham Hall on November 7, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Walter McBride/Getty Images)

Stephen Sondheim memories: leading musicians and composers share their reflections on the Broadway legend

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Thomas Linley: how the ‘English Mozart’ died aged 22 in a boating tragedy

HAARLEM, NETHERLANDS - FEBRUARY 14: British classical composer Harrison Birtwistle poses in Haarlem, Netherlands on 14th February 1994. (Photo by Frans Schellekens/Redferns)

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The best living composers