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The iconic Italian tenor Enrico Caruso is our cover star this month. We reflect on his legacy as the world’s first major recording artist.

In this issue, Paul Riley explores Handel’s Messiah, and how it became Christmas’s most renowned work – despite being originally written for Easter.

For this month’s issue, we asked 174 leading composers about the greatest composers of all time. One of these great composers stars on your cover CD this month – JS Bach.

In this month’s issue, we talk to virtuoso pianist Igor Levit about the challenge of recording all Beethoven’s 32 sonatas, and James Naughtie discusses improvisation, cranial research a

Ahead of the summer festival season, we uncover the secrets to creating a great British festival.

To mark the 150th anniversary of Berlioz’s death, we speak to six leading musicians about the works by the French composer that have shaped their musical lives.

James Rhodes talks to BBC Music Magazine this month, discussing his desire to change the way we hear music in a concert hall.

As the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge celebrates its 100^th year of the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, we look back on the legendary choir’s rich history and bid a f

How have the 100 years since World War I been reflected in classical music? In our December issue, we name 20 works that chart the incredible history of the last 100 years.

In our October issue, we meet cellist Steven Isserlis as he approaches his 60^th birthday.

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English song takes centre stage in the August issue of BBC Music Magazine, with acclaimed mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly on the cover.

In our July issue, the BBC Proms take centre stage.

You voted in your thousands, and now it’s time to reveal the winners of this year’s BBC Music Magazine Awards.

We celebrate Claude Debussy this issue, to mark the centenary of his death.

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We have a record number of cover stars in our February issue, with all six King’s Singers gracing the front of the magazine.

Our first cover star of 2018 is the composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, the centenary of whose birth is being celebrated across the world this year.

Our December cover star is the incredible violinist Isabelle Faust, who tells us all about her fresh approach to Mendelssohn.

In our July issue, we celebrate the summer of spectacular music at the BBC Proms.

In our June issue, we enjoy an exclusive interview with Sir Mark Elder as the Hallé’s conductor turns 70 and present a free cover CD of the orchestra perform

In our May issue we explore the cult of Gustav Mahler and ask why we are so obsessed with his epic symphonies.

In our February issue, we speak to British pianist Imogen Cooper about why she is finally turning to the music of the late-Romantic era: Wagner and Liszt.

In our February issue, we enjoy an exclusive interview with Philip Glass as the pioneering US composer turns 80 while leading fellow musicians assess his contribut