Clive Paget talks to singer and conductor about the life of a 19th-century 'everywoman' and the challenge of matching her talents.

Vaughan Williams’ 150th tops and tails this month’s new classical albums, plus the latest from the Danish String Quartet, a classic Bryn Terfel recital and a heartfelt new Traviata.

This month’s musical journey takes us from the choir stalls of Westminster Abbey to an eerily haunted music hall and winds up with a legendary blast from the past.

Purcell may have been the most important British composer of his day, but his musical taste came from the Continent.

The English composer’s talent and versatility flourished in a city and era with a huge appetite for the arts.

From comedy to dark tragedy, the extraordinarily prolific Donizetti proved himself to be the master of all operatic forms.

The 12th-century nun’s influential work represents an important development in the history of music.

Celebrating the German composer whose farsighted innovations forever changed our approaches to composing and listening.

French composer Emmanuel Chabrier might be best known for his vivid musical portrait of Spain but Wagner was his true inspiration.

What with love, war and several day jobs, it’s remarkable that the French composer found time to compose.

Given his great success in the West, why did Prokofiev return to the grip of Stalin in the USSR? Daniel Jaffé offers an explanation.

It was his understanding of human emotions that made the 18th-century composer a true operatic genius.