Classic FM Rising Star trumpeter, Aaron Azunda Akugbo plays the opening movement of Albinoni's exhilarating Trumpet Concerto ...

This is the 16th of these monthly columns about £1 classical music records. I’ve learned so much researching them, but let me tell you: there haven’t half been times when I’ve found myself staring ...

Classical musicians from around the world have created a powerful and moving video tribute to George Floyd, including Colorado College Summer Music Festival faculty cellist, Bion Tsang. His ...

Film soundtracks from Flashdance to Gallipoli have called upon the stately spare sadness of Albinoni’s Adagio, so much so that it has been denuded of meaning. The work itself isn’t even authentic.

Phil Hebblethwaite examines five classical musical hoaxes and controversies, from the early twentieth century to the modern day. These are origin stories that have fooled and perplexed some of the ...

Albinoni was a Baroque composer who had a financially rather well-cushioned life, thanks to the shares he inherited in his father’s stationery firm, which manufactured playing cards, among other ...

Phil Hebblethwaite explores a history of hoaxes and controversies in classical music that challenges our understanding of creativity and originality. Show more Phil Hebblethwaite examines five ...