More proof, as if it were needed, that Claude Debussy was the master of creating dream-like atmospheres in his piano music. Written in 1890, Debussy's Reverie was one of his first solo piano works to ...

Despite being known as a Classical period composer, Beethoven's music broke the mould championed by Haydn and Mozart – his symphonies shook the already highly-esteemed genre to become highest form of ...

For Behemoth!, which stars Pedro Pascal as a virtuoso cellist, writer-director Tony Gilroy cast nine of them - and they’re a ...

Dan Walker, Aled Jones, and Dawn O’Porter will play relaxing classical music across the Bonfire Night weekend to help soothe pets during fireworks season.

Ravel's unique work for a war veteran gave the piano repertoire a dark and sombre masterpiece. Losing his right arm in World War I resulted in the Austrian pianist Paul Wittgenstein making an ...

The most wonderful time of the year is almost here, and we’ve got a special gift for you to unwrap early this year. Classic FM Christmas, a brand new station from Classic FM, is Global’s first radio ...

2. Francesca Caccini (1587-1640) Singer, lutenist, poet and teacher, Caccini was the daughter of the great Renaissance composer, Giulio Caccini. She became one of the most influential female European ...

Sinfonia for Strings No.5 in B-flat major (2) Felix Mendelssohn Download 'Sinfonia for Strings No.5 in B-flat major (2)' on iTunes ...

“I was guided by no system whatever in Le Sacre du Printemps,” wrote Igor Stravinsky in 1961. “I had only my ear to help me; I heard and I wrote what I heard. I am the vessel through which Le Sacre ...

A modern Mexican classic inspired by a Cuban dance. This work by the prominent Mexican composer Arturo Márquez is one of the most popular and frequently performed Mexican contemporary classical ...

This exquisite four-minute orchestral miniature has far eclipsed the song it was inspired by: namely, ‘Greensleeves’, a traditional melody that was doing the rounds in the days of the Tudors and which ...

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World evoked in music have become a Classic FM Hall of Fame favourite. The best known work by Scottish pianist and composer Stuart Mitchell was written in 2001. Each ...