Puccini's La bohème: the best recordings of this masterful opera ...

Celebrating the best new classical music recordings, this year’s edition of the BBC Music Magazine Awards sees dazzling debuts competing against bold new reframings of classics ...

Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. She has also written for titles including the ...

Michael Church has spent much of his career in newspapers as a literary and arts editor, and was one of the founding editors of the Independent on Sunday. He is a former television critic of The Times ...

Chris Haslam is an award-winning consumer technology journalist and writes audio content for BBC Music Magazine. As contributing editor for WIRED UK he specialises in audio, smart home, sustainability ...

Musical keys: what they are, and what each one means in music ...

Stephen Johnson is a critic and writer for BBC Music Magazine, with work also published in The Independent, The Guardian and Gramophone. He is a regular contributor on BBC Radio 3, 4 and the World ...

So dominant in other areas, Beethoven composed just one opera. And, although its first audience left scratching their heads, 'Fidelio' is something of a gem ...

Inspired by the USA's victories over the British, the Star-Spangled Banner has been the USA's official national anthem since 1931. Here are the lyrics to the famous song ...

Which classical musicians should be the stars of Hollywood blockbusters?

Natasha Loges is the head of postgraduate programmes and professor of musicology at the Royal College of Music. She is a regular critic for BBC Music Magazine and broadcaster on BBC Radio 3 and BBC TV ...

Would you spend a million pounds on a hi-fi? What if it sounds like nothing you've ever experienced?