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Oscar winning film scores

Which film scores have won best soundtrack at the Oscars? All winning scores from the last 50 years

Oscars

Braimah Kanneh-Mason performs the theme from Schindler’s List at the Royal Albert Hall

Braimah Kanneh-Mason performs deeply moving ‘Schindler’s List’ theme 30 years on from the film’s release

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Anna Lapwood performs the Star Wars finale with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall

Organist Anna Lapwood plays epic ‘Star Wars’ in fireworks-filled finale at Royal Albert Hall
What classical music is in Spielberg’s ‘The Fabelmans’?

What classical music is in Spielberg’s ‘The Fabelmans’, and does Michelle Williams really play the piano?
John Williams makes history as oldest person to be nominated for an Academy Award

John Williams makes history as oldest person to be nominated for an Academy Award

Steven Spielberg confirms plans to make a documentary on film composer John Williams.

Steven Spielberg confirms a documentary on film music legend John Williams is coming

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‘Thank you, maestro’ – Steven Spielberg says John Williams wrote ‘The Fabelmans’ music as a gift to the director’s parents.

‘Thank you, maestro’ – Spielberg says John Williams wrote ‘The Fabelmans’ music as a gift to the director’s parents
Spielberg proclaims 'You still got it!' as John Williams plays Brahms at piano

‘You still got it!’ – 90-year-old John Williams casually plays Brahms concerto during recording session
John Williams honoured as Queen Elizabeth II’s final ‘Knight’ before she died

John Williams honoured as Queen Elizabeth II’s final ‘Knight’ before she died

Gladiator, The Lord of the Rings and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The 50 best film scores of all time

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Best classical music

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The 15 most famous tunes in classical music

The 15 most famous tunes in classical music

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Best symphonies: Ludwig van Beethoven, Antonin Dvorak and Florence Price

The 15 greatest symphonies of all time

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4 eras of classical music

The 4 eras of classical music: a quick guide

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Women composers gallery

21 of the greatest women composers in classical music

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Best pianists of all time

The 25 best pianists of all time

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Most romantic opera duets (Stacey Alleaume as Violetta and Liparit Avertisyan as Alfredo in Verdi's La Traviata in Sydney, 2022)

The 10 most romantic opera duets of all time

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The Stumpff Lock in a laboratory at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Germany.

Scientific analysis of Beethoven’s DNA reveals he had Hepatitis B and high risk of liver disease

Beethoven

Classical Dreams is a Global Player exclusive podcast

Listen to new ‘Classical Dreams’ podcast episodes on World Sleep Day

Pachelbel’s Canon on trains

Pachelbel’s Canon… honked out by hundreds of train horns in a hilarious medley

20 of the greatest piano concertos of all time. Pictured (L-R): Arsha Kaviani, Mitsuko Uchida, Yuja Wang.

The 20 best piano concertos of all time

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The 292-year-old Guarneri violin known as the ‘Baltic’

Centuries-old Italian violin breaks auction records after selling at £7.71 million

Kingdom Hearts; World of Warcraft; Final Fantasy

The 20 best video game soundtracks of all time

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Met Opera ordered to pay Anna Netrebko $200,000 for cancellations over Putin ties

Met Opera ordered to pay Anna Netrebko $200,000 for cancellations over Putin ties

New York Metropolitan Opera

This week’s on-air highlights – including Album of the Week and Drive Discovery.

This week’s Classic FM radio highlights – including Album of the Week and Drive Discovery

Arsha Kaviani plays Rachmaninov

Virtuoso pianist plays mind-bending solo piano arrangement of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2

Rachmaninov

Girls admitted to Benedictine abbey choir near Barcelona for first time in 700 year-history

Girls admitted to ancient monastery choir in Spain for first time in 700 year-history