Music to my Ears

We have mince pies, sherry and crackers: it must be time for the Christmas podcast! Join us for an episode packed with Y... Read more

How does the Italian mezzo-soprano fare on her Russian musical adventure? Join the BBC Music Magazine team as we have a ... Read more

Three pianists are competing for this year's Instrumental Award: Mikhail Pletnev, Marc-André Hamelin and Benjamin Grosve... Read more

For her latest disc, violinist Tasmin Little turns to Vivaldi's Four Seasons. She pairs this popular masterpiece with th... Read more

Alina Ibragimova's solo Bach was one of the standout events of the 2015 BBC Proms. Here she turns to the composer's viol... Read more

Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and conductor Teodor Currentzis join forces for their first recording together, with t... Read more

New year, new podcast episode! Welcome to the January edition of the BBC Music Magazine podcast, which kicks off with a ... Read more

Ann Hallenberg's wonderful exploration of the Venice Carnival in 1729 is our September Recording of the Month. The Swedi... Read more

András Schiff's new Schubert disc is BBC Music Magazine's July issue Recording of the Month. It's not the first time the... Read more

On the cover CD of the November issue of BBC Music Magazine, we present JS Bach's The Art of Fugue, arranged and played ... Read more

Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe wrote four pieces for the unusual combination of string quartet and didgeridoo. In ... Read more

On the cover CD of the September issue of BBC Music Magazine, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform Beethoven's 'E... Read more

An all-star cast including countertenor Max Emanuel Cencic and soprano Julia Lezhneva come together for this world premi... Read more

Turnage, Bruckner and Rachmaninov are all in the running for this year's Orchestral Award. Find out more about all three... Read more

A studio recording of a Verdi opera by a major label is a rarity nowadays. But Antonio Pappano has brought together an a... Read more

For the March 2018 episode, editor Oliver Condy, deputy editor Jeremy Pound, reviews editor Rebecca Franks and editorial... Read more

In this month's episode, we talk about the BBC Proms's pledge to achieve a 50:50 gender balance for commissioned pieces,... Read more

On the cover CD of the March issue of BBC Music Magazine, pianist Anne Queffélec plays solo works by Satie, Honegger, Ha... Read more

Elgar is the focus of our December Recording of the Month. In this superbly programmed disc for Hyperion, the BBC Scotti... Read more

Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, oboist Xenia Löffler and violinist Baiba Skride are the three concerto soloists in the running... Read more