Works

Stravinsky’s The Firebird: A guide to the ballet’s composer, storyline and its best recordings

A guide to Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7

The best pieces for flute: our top picks

Jake Heggie's 'Dead Man Walking' (Credit: Cory Weaver)

Six of the best contemporary operas

Benjamin Appl

Four of the best rare Lieder

A young Johannes Brahms

Top 10 Brahms works

Handel's Zodak the Priest lyrics

Works to listen to after Handel’s Messiah

Five of the best… settings of Robert Burns poems

Did the angel of death really commission Mozart to write his final work?

The mystery of Mozart’s Requiem

10 Mozart works you might not know

The 10 greatest symphonies of all time…according to Twitter

Howells Cello Concerto: All you need to know

Howells Cello Concerto: All you need to know

Erik Satie

Six of the best: Satie works

Great composers’ unlikely works

How birdsong has influenced and inspired classical music