Mainstream audio and video streaming services don’t offer much for classical music lovers. Fortunately, we've rounded up the best platforms dedicated to the chamber, opera, and orchestral art forms ...

For great British pop musician David Bowie, classical music was one of many important influences, says Andrew Green ...

Naysayers be damned. Classical music on record continues to thrive, or so it seems judging from the plethora of boxed sets ...

As usual, my retrospective list of the “best” classical and opera offerings of the year has a lot more to do with lasting impressions than definitive rankings. This was a year of big tours and bold ...

Classical music and jazz. They’re like jealous siblings who deep down love each other, but just can’t stop rowing in public. At least, that’s how it used to be. In recent decades they’ve been ...

We proudly announce the nominations for the 2026 BBC Music Magazine Awards - all the very finest classical albums released ...

How is the classical music world changing? Looking back on a dizzying year, we pay particular attention to performers’ ...

But, counterintuitive though it might seem, I don’t think sound is always a helpful way to understand genre. I’m a composer and conductor in the field that’s broadly known as Western classical music, ...

What followed is a 55-year love affair with classical music — branching out to discover greats like Brahms, Bruch, Mahler, Chopin, Copland, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Elgar as well as lesser known ...