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Some bands burned brightly before faltering. These 11 rock acts once promised greatness... yet somehow lost direction

Here is our selection of the greatest pieces ever written for cello and orchestra. Do you agree?

From Bowie’s chameleonic streak to Zeppelin’s heavy-rock mastery, these are the rock album runs that define consistency and genius

Even legends stumble: from Bowie to Dylan, these 15 rock icons have tracks they’d rather erase from memory forever

Classical music is one of the richest art forms for conveying emotion. And sadness and melancholy is right in its wheelhouse. Here is some of the most overwhelmingly sorrowful music in the classical repertoire

Haunted by addiction and exile, Bowie found rebirth in Berlin. All hail Low: an unsettling masterpiece born from breaking point

Romeo and Juliet, the Nutcracker, the Pathétique... Tchaikovsky's repertoire is stuffed full of melodic and emotional masterpieces. Here are 11 of the greatest

From Supertramp to Brian Eno, explore 11 albums that expand on Dark Side of the Moon’s immersive, atmospheric brilliance

Over a life of exile and debt, scandalous affairs and high-level adulation, Wagner wrote operas that not only remain unmatched for drama, controversy and spectacle but also utterly transformed the art form itself...

They defined eras and left timeless songs—yet these seven iconic bands were a musical full stop, their sound still strangely unclaimed today

1971 may be rock’s greatest year: a seismic explosion of innovation, protest, and timeless artistry, yielding 15 landmark albums that still shape music half a century later

Explore the story of Wish You Were Here— Pink Floyd’s haunting tribute to Syd Barrett, and a powerful critique of the music industry that still resonates today

Here are the best opera composers of all time, from the 16th century to the modern day

From sprawling prog epics to abrasive experiments and left-field detours, these 15 albums divided critics and fans alike — derided by some, worshipped by others

From Pablo Casals to Jacqueline du Pré, we celebrate some of the greatest cellists of the past 300 years

So, who wrote Albinoni's beautiful Adagio? And what about Bach's famous Toccata and Fugue in D minor? The answers are not that obvious, says Roderick Swanston, as not all music was written by who we think it was

In the wake of fame and tragedy, Neil Young swerved from 'Harvest’s sweetness into the raw, haunted depths of the so-called 'Ditch Trilogy' — his darkest, rawest and truest work