Tchaikovsky soaks up the sounds of Rome and turns them into an infectious invitation to dance. Tchaikovsky's fantasy for orchestra is a richly descriptive portrait of Italy, written when the composer ...

For many, it was its use in the film Platoon. For others, it was William Orbit’s Pieces in a Modern Style project. But very few of us can claim to have first experienced Barber’s Adagio for Strings in ...

The two-time Oscar-winning director told Jonathan Ross about his approach to scoring films and working with composer Ludwig ...

Einaudi was taught by the avant-garde Italian composer Luciano Berio, although the music for which Einaudi has become famous couldn’t be more different from that of his teacher. Whereas Berio composed ...

On Monday 12 October, join us for a stellar evening of live classical music in an Out of This World edition of our biannual ...

4. Early compositions Between the ages of 12 and 14, Mendelssohn wrote 12 string symphonies influenced by Bach, Beethoven and Mozart. His first published work, a piano quartet, was written by the time ...

Calling all film score fans! The Classic FM Movie Music Hall of Fame 2026 is now open… and we need your votes. Whether it’s a ...

The meditative music of American composer Philip Glass is coming to London this summer, in the West End premiere of Tao of ...

Scheherazade Opus 35 (1) Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov Download 'Scheherazade Opus 35 (1)' on iTunes ...

Mozart's Requiem is one of the most famous choral works in the classical repertoire. The mournful 'Lacrimosa' is a highlight, but how much of it did Mozart actually write? We all know that Wolfgang ...

Symphony No.2 in E minor Opus 27 (3) Sergei Rachmaninov Download 'Symphony No.2 in E minor Opus 27 (3)' on iTunes ...

Adagio in G minor Tomaso Albinoni Download 'Adagio in G minor' on iTunes ...