Works

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Roderick Williams: the best recordings

Best Hans Zimmer film scores

Which are the best Hans Zimmer film scores?

The Exterminating Angel by Thomas Adès: a guide to the opera's music and storyline

The Exterminating Angel by Thomas Adès: a guide to the opera’s music and storyline

Piazzolla's Four Seasons of Buenos Aires guide and best recordings

Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires: a guide to Piazzolla’s piece and its best recordings

An introduction to William Byrd, his greatest works and some of the best recordings of his music

What are the lyrics to 'The Stars and Stripes Forever'?

What are the lyrics to ‘The Stars and Stripes Forever’?

Best Puccini operas

The best Puccini operas, as chosen by 7 leading singers and directors

Best national anthems

Best national anthems to listen out for at the Olympics

How did Elgar help Poland?

How did Elgar help Poland during World War One?

Don Juan: who was he and why did Strauss write a tone poem about him?

Don Juan: who was he and why did Strauss write a tone poem about him?

Francis Poulenc

Poulenc’s Organ Concerto: a guide to the piece and its best recordings

The Song of Hiawatha: the cantata trilogy by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

The Song of Hiawatha: how the cantata trilogy made Samuel Coleridge-Taylor a household name

A guide to Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music and its best recordings

A guide to Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music and its best recordings

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The history of French art song

Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

A guide to Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis and its best recordings