Chris has chosen tracks spanning centuries, which have parody and pastiche at their very heart. This programme features music ...

Presented by Donald Macleod Produced by Sam Phillips for BBC Audio Wales & West For full track listings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 da ...

He begrudgingly admitted the wealth of choice represented "a significant advance over the miseries of Apple Music and Spotify ...

Classical musicians frequently report problems ... Dave Webster, Head of International at the 35,000-strong UK trade union Musicians’ Union, says that the number of members contacting them ...

Listen to selections from recordings of a new John Adams opera, Chopin études by Yunchan Lim, Brahms works by Igor Levit and more. Los Angeles Philharmonic; John Adams, conductor (Nonesuch) John ...

The classical music star says she would hate for audiences to complain she was no longer as good as she used to be at the height of her fame. So with her landmark birthday looming in April she has ...

Supermarkets had taken over from the traditional North East corner shop by the early sixties, with the American-born concept catching on in the UK after ... were rapid. Presto was among the ...

Born in Reykjavik, her father is Icelandic while her mother, who is a classical violinist ... video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ ...

Magnus Carlsen has criticised the classical chess format, saying that the rapid format of the game is "pure sport". AP Five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen has hit out at the classical chess format ...

In a special edition of the Gramophone Podcast, we explore the music and life of Charles Villiers Stanford with the leading expert on the composer, Jeremy Dibble, who joins Editor Martin Cullingford ...