You've heard it a hundred times. A soaring string melody plays under a car gliding down a coastal highway, or a triumphant ...

The pieces so powerful that you’ll be out of your seat, air-conducting to the full force of an imaginary orchestra, or staring into the distance, marvelling at the sheer beauty of it all. An explosion ...

Even though Classical Music Month is in September, it does not mean we can’t stop learning or getting to know all of the wonderful pieces of classical religious music out there. After doing a little ...

Classic FM’s Joanna Gosling shares the pieces of music closest to her heart, from roaring symphonies to fantastical film themes. Radio has always been Joanna Gosling’s first love, and classical music, ...

Humans have been making music for thousands of years. We began with just our voices, but soon we progressed to using instruments, from banging rocks to blowing bone flutes. For centuries in the West, ...

From Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard’s romance to the invention of tools, great music can lift a film to new heights. Here’s our selection Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an ...