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A guide to Copland's Appalachian Spring and its best recordings

The 1940s ballet Appalachian Spring has become one of Copland’s most popular works. And its true American spirit has inspired many great recordings, finds Anthony Burton
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The best works by Samuel Barber

We choose some of the finest works by the last great American Romantic, Samuel Barber
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A guide to Vaughan Williams's Symphony No. 9

We explore what influenced Vaughan Williams's Symphony No. 9, one of the British composer's finest orchestral works
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The best Independence Day songs and music

We celebrate Independence Day this 4th July with some of the best USA patriotic music ever written
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Six of the best examples of classical music on film

We choose six of the most unexpected and imaginative uses of classical music on the silver screen
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Terrible treatments of the piano

We present 4 truly unpleasant ways in which pianos have been treated over the years, which have been, alas, filmed for posterity. Here they are...
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10 piano concertos you might not know

Today's top performers recommend piano concertos that have been undeservedly overlooked
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What is a sonata? From definition to examples, we dive into the world of sonatas

You may have spotted the word 'sonata' in the title of many famous pieces of classical music, but what does 'sonata' actually mean? We explain
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The most successful BBC Young Musician runners-up: what happens when you don't win?

We investigate the fates of previous BBC Young Musician runners-up. Does it matter if you don't win? Seemingly not...
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