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Peer Gynt: a guide to Edvard Grieg's popular masterpiece
When asked to write music for Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt, Grieg thought he was facing an impossible challenge. But, as Terry Blain relates, the composer’s perseverance resulted in a masterpiece
of matchless character and colour
Feel the bass! Rock's 18 greatest basslines, ranked
From psychedelic grooves to minimalist pulses and stadium-shaking riffs, these are the basslines that have shaped rock music from the 1960s to today
These 13 bands should have been immortal.... but each had one fatal flaw
From Badfinger to XTC, these bands had enough magic to conquer the world - but there was always a chink in their armour
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Beatles albums ranked: all 13 Fab Four LPs, graded and rated
Journey with us through seven years of astonishing sonic experimentation, as we rank the 13 Beatles studio albums
These 15 iconic albums very nearly crashed before takeoff
Near-breakups, chaos and doubt: these 15 iconic albums almost never existed
The best headphones to help you listen while you work
These 13 bands got themselves banned from America
Banned for drugs, chaos, or politics: the 13 bands America wouldn't let in
These 12 Seventies rock gods struggled through the Eighties
The '70s more or less invented the rock gods. But the '80s found many of these icons struggling to adapt to the sounds of a new decade
Music is helping prisoners turn away from crime. Here's how
Organisations providing musical opportunities in prisons do much to preserve dignity and encourage rehabilitation, discovers Abigail Frymann Rouch
What can musicians do to help tackle climate change?
Delia Stevens from percussion and harmonica/melodeon duo Stevens & Pound writes about her relationship with music and the climate
Greatest symphonies: the 21 best orchestral masterpieces, ranked
Which is the best-ever symphony? 151 of the world's leading conductors voted for what they thought to be the greatest symphonies ever written
Fusion! Jazz-rock's 15 greatest albums (one decade rules here)
From Miles Davis to Mahavishnu Orchestra, we run through the 15 greatest albums fusing jazz and rock into captivating new forms
Ageing disgracefully: 13 rock stars raging against the dying of the light
This rogue's gallery of rock's elder statesmen (and women) are all (in different ways) refusing to trade youth and rebellion for pipe and slippers
Prog, glam, funk: 1972 blew rock wide open. And its 21 greatest albums are...
These 15 seminal albums from 1972 defined rock’s golden era - and shaped the music landscape forever
When is the right time for musicians to retire?
Put bluntly, age and experience used to be venerated much more than they are now, writes Richard Morrison
These 15 massive rock bands broke up right out of the blue
Sudden silence: 15 massive bands that vanished overnight, shocking fans and bandmates with their abrupt endings
Rock's nightmare bands: 15 groups that were an ordeal to be in
Behind the hits and hero worship, these 15 bands were war zones of ego, excess, betrayal and dysfunction
These 11 bands NEVER made a bad album
No duds allowed: 11 bands whose discographies are masterpieces of consistency and flawless quality
Ranked: rock's 21 most iconic frontwomen
From punk rebels to pop goddesses, these 21 frontwomen redefined charisma, power, and presence
'The famous bit': 15 popular classical music moments… But can you identify them?
We take a look at the arias, movements, songs and dances whose fame has outshone the larger works in which they first appeared
14 obscure but brilliant 70s bands you really should try
Unsung heroes: 14 brilliant 70s bands, from psych-folk to operatic prog, that deserve a fresh listen
Review: Strauss: 'Ein Heldenleben' (Philharmonia / Rouvali)
Sarah Urwin Jones is captivated by Santtu-Matias Rouvali’s take on Strauss
1965 albums: ranking the 15 greatest LPs from the year rock grew up
1965: The year rock exploded, when Dylan went electric, The Beatles got deep, and music became ambitious, sophisticated art
These are the 25 greatest opening tracks in rock history
These 25 legendary tracks were the perfect opening salvo, instantly defining the sound and ambition of rock's greatest albums