BBC Music Magazine - 4 Sep 2025
The great Pavarotti
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THE TRUMPET SHALL SOUND
GERSHWIN’S PORGY & BESS
Tango fever!
100 reviews by the world’s finest critics
Kadiatu Kanneh-mason
Lady killer!
The big bang
Full October listings inside
Welcome
Ashutosh Khandekar
Matilda Lloyd
Joe Phelan
Luciano Pavarotti
It takes two…
Till death us do part
Top brass
The next best Thing
The Full Score
Roger Norrington
Ragas to riches
Building a Library
Composer of the Month
Musical Destinations
Music that Changed Me
Crossword and Quiz
Richard Morrison
Radio & TV
Letters
Recording of the Month
Indian classical music
The Piano Boat
Have your say…
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Royal Opera row brews over Israel
The full score
Radio 3 presenter proves a puzzling example
Cathedral-loving cello gets taken on epic ride
Fund calls for pounds, shillings and Spence
Liszt’s disenchanted student threatens him at gunpoint
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Concert Heaven Concert Hell
Music to my ears
Myhero
Prepare for a shock
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
Three authentic cheers for music’s historically informed pioneers!
King of the High Cs
The art of enjoyment
Pavarotti: a living legacy
Roger Norrington
Roger Norrington
The next best Thing
The next best Thing
That family feeling
Top brass
Top brass
Fun of the four
Dedicated tootlers
Till death do us part
Deadly serious
It takes two…
It takes two…
A tale of two tangos
Ragas to riches
Dizzying and dazzling
Floating melodies
Floating melodies
Harmonious waters
New season guide
Schloss Elmau Germany
Richard Strauss
Luciano Berio
Luciano Berio’s style
Composer of the Week
BERIO Life×
George Gershwin
The composer
Building a Library
A compelling theatrical experience
Three other great recordings
Continue the journey…
Exquisite vocal works from a master pianist
Welcome
Performer’s notes Alexander Melnikov
A burst of youthful brilliance Premières Symphonies
JS Bach
Reger
Shostakovich
Breaking Waves
British Music for Strings, Vol. 4
Liza Lim
The multi-layered worlds of Liza Lim
Brahms • Enescu
Symon Clarke
Handel
Mozart
Hartmann • Ravel • Aziza Sadikova
Gabriela Ortiz
Mozart
Salieri
Kinan Azmeh
JS Bach • Ravel
Beethoven • Lentz
Joyce Didonato triumphs in Purcell
Giacomelli
Jake Heggie
Dave Malloy
Saint-saëns
Emma O’halloran
Radiant Dawn
A mesmerising journey from dawn to dusk
Handel
Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight; Song of Hope etc
Divine Light – The Living Indian Choral Tradition
Sky of My Heart
Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks
Zaytoun A superb, seamless blend of cultures
Mozart
Our Song, Our Story
Sparks from Ashes
All Shall Be Well
Northern Light
My Days
Powerful string quartets
forged in a time of war
JS Bach
Coleridge-taylor
Cage
Brahms
Helen Grime
Ravel
Martinů
Piano Quintets
French Impressions
Barber • Debussy • Nielsen • Say
Bonis • Farrenc • Elena Firsova
Brahms • Hindemith • Penderecki
A spellbinding exploration of the theme of exile
praises Sueye Park’s perceptive programme exploring the shadow of war and displacement
Mozart
Mussorgsky • Rachmaninov • Scriabin
Tchaikovsky
Schubert
Satie
Telemann
Chambonnières Overseas
Ysaÿe
Debbie Wiseman
October round-up
Music with a lot of bite
Maurice Ravel (Critical Lives)
John Williams – A Composer’s Life
Tim Greiving
The Composer Embalmed – Relic Culture from Piety to Kitsch
The Symphony Concert in Nazi Germany
October round-up
Love and deception
Unboxed
Streaming amplifiers: a one-box audio solution
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Features to consider
Three to look out for
Tv&radio
Macmillan’s ‘Ghosts’
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