Discovering the Great Composers

Listen to programmes about the lives and works of some of the greatest classical composers.

Composers A to Z

See the full list of Radio 3 programmes about composers and their works.
The Story of Music

Howard Goodall and Suzy Klein discuss 50 pieces that changed the course of music history.
Building a Library

Weekly recommendations, helping you build a library of the best classical music recordings.
Opera Guides

From Britten to Wagner, explore this comprehensive series of short opera guides.
Adams
Bach
Bartok
Beamish
Beethoven
Berlioz
Lili Boulanger
Brahms
Britten
Bruckner
Chopin
Copland
Debussy
Dvorak
Elgar
Gershwin
Handel
Haydn
Liszt
Mahler
Mendelssohn
Monteverdi
Mozart
Musgrave
Nielsen
Prokofiev
Purcell
Rachmaninov
Ravel
Schoenberg
Schubert
Schumann
Shostakovich
Sibelius
Smyth
Richard Strauss
Stravinsky
Tchaikovsky
Tippett
Vaughan Williams
Verdi
Vivaldi
Wagner
Walton
Weir

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