These are the 15 best stage musicals of all time (the top 5 were tough)
Ranked: the greatest musicals ever put on the stage
BBC Proms 2025: 15 unmissable Proms, from Traitors to Arvo Pärt
From Arvo Pärt to Traitors, Sibelius to Nina Simone, here's our pick of 15 of the most unmissable 2025 BBC Proms
Secrets of the castrati: the eye-watering surgery that created opera's greatest stars
Italian opera castrati enjoyed cult status in the 17th and 18th centuries but, explains Jeremy Pound, the path to stardom was a notoriously dangerous one
Celebrate the future of music with the Festival Academy Budapest
FAB celebrates its 10-year anniversary in 2025 with honoured guests and young talent
1970s classics: 11 underrated albums from the LP's golden decade
Discover 20 hidden gems from the 1970s—forgotten classics that reveal the decade’s richest, weirdest, and most beautiful musical surprises
Move over Portland… why its smaller neighbour, Vancouver, Washington, is stealing the musical limelight
Charlotte Smith is entranced by the community spirit and friendly charm of an expanding American city beginning to make its mark
First Night of the Proms 2025: your complete guide to this year's Proms curtain raiser
The 2025 Proms are almost upon us, with eight weeks of captivating performances at the Royal Albert Hall and venues around the country. And they kick off in style with the First Night of the Proms...
So, here we have 11 very cute pictures of musicians and their adored pets
There's a long and frankly very cute story to be told about the strong bonds forged between musicians and their pets. Here are some of the most life-affirming musician-pet combos
Otto Klemperer: Nazi exile, mental illness... and one of the greatest conducting careers of all time
For many, conductor Otto Klemperer will be remembered as the steady and reliable champion of classic repertoire, but in his youth the German was a dashing advocate of the new, writes Andrew Green
Ranked: the 15 greatest psychedelic albums of all time
Step into a kaleidoscopic soundworld, as we rank the 15 most mind-expanding psychedelic rock albums ever recorded
Meet the most fascinating figures from classical music
Seven incredible British bands who failed to crack America
Some British bands found a vast new fanbase Stateside, while other seminal acts failed to crack America. What gives?
Why Samara Joy might be the future of jazz
Samara Joy is the velvet-voiced jazz star bringing timeless jazz standards to new audience — and winning Grammys while doing it
Yunchan Lim: the superstar pianist who, at just 18, reduced a famous conductor to tears
The great composers
Explore the lives and works of classical music's finest composers
'Play it so that flies drop dead from boredom': Dmitri Shostakovich in 12 quotes
Shostakovich was a thoughtful, sometimes acerbic commentator on music and society. Others, such as Pierre Boulez, had their own views on him. Here are 11 memorable Shostakovich quotes
Brilliant, burdened, overlooked: the women who made classical music happen
If composers’ wives could be the ultimate muse, some were coerced into giving up their own careers to support their husbands
Murder and music: the haunting genius of Carlo Gesualdo
Meet Carlo Gesualdo: musician and murderer
Woof! 15 great composers who loved their dogs
We reveal the cute canine companions behind some of classical music's greatest composers
Greatest Recordings
Our recommendations of essential additions to your listening library
Fleetwood Mac albums ranked: the wild journey of rock’s most dramatic band
Fleetwood Mac’s shape-shifting legacy spans blues, pop and rock classics—here’s how their eclectic albums stack up, from worst to best
Ranked: the 17 greatest krautrock albums of all time
From hypnotic rhythms to mind-expanding soundscapes, these krautrock classics reshaped rock, electronic, and experimental music forever
We've ranked the 15 greatest albums of 1972 - perhaps the most significant year in rock history
These 15 seminal albums from 1972 defined rock’s golden era - and shaped the music landscape forever
Blondie songs ranked: the New Wave pioneers' 15 greatest tracks
From punk to disco to pop perfection, these 15 Blondie classics show why their style, swagger and songs still captivate
Albums of the week
A selection of the best reviewed albums from the latest issue of BBC Music Magazine
Review: Purcell – Complete Suites and Other Music for Keyboard
In her review, Kate Bolton-Porciatti believes pianist Cristian Sandrin has set the bar with his thrilling modern take on Purcell keyboard gems
Review: Moonlight Variations (Pablo Ferrández)
Cellist Pablo Ferrández serves up an appetising menu of works, perfectly played and curated, says Jo Talbot in her review
Review: For Dieter... (Benjamin Appl)
Benjamin Appl’s heartfelt and imaginative album homage to Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is cherishable, says Natasha Loges in her review
Audio equipment reviews and advice
A selection of the best reviewed albums from the latest issue of BBC Music Magazine
The best desktop speakers 2025: turn your home office into a listening paradise
Here are the best luxury headphones on the market right now
Our audio expert Chris Haslam tests options for luxurious listening in private
Affordable noise-cancelling headphones: the best on the market in 2025
Our expert Chris Haslam gives advice on buying the latest hi-fi equipment. This month... affordable noise-cancelling headphones