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What is the Monteverdi Choir?

Guarneri ‘Baltic’ violin auctions for $9.44 million

Guarneri ‘Baltic’ violin auctions for $9.44 million

Five essential works by Grieg

'The church's one foundation

Westminster Abbey: St Margaret’s Church to welcome girl choristers

Pretty Yende soprano

Who is Pretty Yende, the soprano performing at King Charles III coronation?

Barbara Strozzi

Strozzi, Barbara

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Greatest recordings

Our recommendations of essential additions to your listening library

Musorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition best recordings

Pictures at an Exhibition (piano version): a guide to Musorgsky’s original piano masterpiece and its best recordings

Brahms clarinet quintet cd

Brahms’s Clarinet Quintet: a guide to his chamber masterpiece and its best recordings

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The Walton Viola Concerto: a guide to his viola masterpiece and its best recordings

Sir Thomas Beecham

Sir Thomas Beecham: the life and legacy of the great conductor

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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

Picture of coronation composer Sarah Class

Who is Sarah Class?

Handel

Handel, George Frideric

Elgar 'Nimrod' guide

Elgar, Edward

Picture of composer Shirley J Thompson

Who is Shirley J. Thompson?