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• The full score
  Our pick of the month’s news, views and interviews
• Concert Heaven Concert Hell
  Top artists recall their best and worst performances
• I’m real, so give me a tick
  Spotify’s new method of distinguishing AI-generated music from that made by real people is laudable… but sadly flawed, says Tom Service
• THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
  Conductor Sakari Oramo selects compelling works by Sibelius and his Finnish successors
• Richard Morrison
  The BBC Proms has a rich tradition of welcoming genres beyond classical
• NEW YORK! NEW YORK!
  As Gustavo Dudamel prepares to move from LA to the Big Apple, the charismatic conductor tells Richard Morrison how he’ll be making a brand new start of it with one of the planet’s great orchestras
• Operatic ambition
  Taking on a new lyrical world
• WELCOME TO THE PROMS
  It’s time again for a sensational summer of music! Explore the world’s greatest classical music festival with our complete guide to the 2026 programme
• NationalTreasures
  Andrew Green visits the Royal Albert Hall Archive and discovers an abundance of items from the iconic venue’s venerable history
• Supporting Cast
  Yunchan Lim is one of the world’s most famous pianists – and his legions of devoted fans are there for every note, reports Simon Broughton
• Extreme adoration
  Music’s most ardent fans
• Opera heroine
  Before Wagner set up shop, Princess Wilhelmine of Bayreuth turned the small German town into a major artistic hub, as Michael White relates
• Beyond Wagner
  Home of Baroque
• Heart & Soul
  Celebrating his 70th birthday, American composer Kenneth Fuchs talks to Michael Beek about the power of self-belief
• On art and music
  Fuchs & Frankenthaler
• Perth Australia
  It may be many miles from the fashionable East Coast, but Western Australia’s capital city is teeming with culture, writes Andrew Green
• Richard Rodney Bennett
  From youthful atonalism to Oscar-winning filmscores and suavely genial jazz, here was a composer who had it all, says Mervyn Cooke
• Roy Harris Symphony No. 3
  Terry Williams is captivated by the wide-open American landscape as he enjoys the best recordings of this 1930s orchestral masterpiece
• Continue the journey…
  We suggest five works to explore after Harris’s Symphony No. 3
• Reviews
  Recordings and books rated by expert critics
• A performance of dramatic contrasts
  Rouvali’s daring recording brings early Shostakovich to life, says Erik Levi
• Colourful concertos for an array of instruments
  Vivaldi’s wit and invention shines bright in this vivacious volume, writes Nicholas Anderson
• A moving account of ancestral tragedy
  This live interpretation does much to silence Barber’s critics, writes Ashutosh Khandekar
• A Carmina Burana to rank among the very best
  Jeremy Pound is entranced by a thrilling live recording of Orff’s much-loved secular cantata
• An enthralling portrait of Schubert
  Paul Riley praises Sophie Rennert and Joseph Middleton’s storytelling
• A fluid and fractured battle cry for equality
  Wild Up’s fifth volume of Julius Eastman works is soulfully performed, writes Claire Jackson
• Schubert and Schumann illuminated
  Arcadi Volodos plays with emotional transparency, notes Michael Church
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• From the archives
  Andrew McGregor presents a round-up of this month’s stand-out reissues
• A cinematic centenary
  Timeless jazz for a film noir masterpiece, brought to life during one night in Paris
• Unboxed
  This month’s round-up takes a deep dive into the worlds of Weber, Wagner and Beethoven
• World
  Jon Lusk travels from Stroud to Sao Tomé in this month’s round-up
• Musical reflections
  Catrin Finch talks to her younger self in this heart-stirring album for solo harp
• Books
  Our critics cast their eyes over the latest books on all things music…
• Active stereo speakers for quick and easy set-up
  Chris Haslam provides advice on the latest hi-fi equipment purchases
• TV&Radio
  Your guide to what’s on BBC Radio 3 this month, plus TV highlights
• Freddie De Tommaso
  The opera tenor speaks to Jeremy Pound about his life and career and the thrill of recording a rediscovered verismo masterpiece
• Missy Mazzoli
  Composer and pianist