That CD component, hailed by many interviewees for this article, seems uniquely suited to classical music's historical depth and scholarly breadth. But not everyone prefers the physical format.

ABC Classic presenter Megan Burslem hates the idea that classical music is just for some. She grew up fighting off that ...

Then, in 1982, CDs arrived. Slowly everyone started converting from ... more faithful sound was driven by devotees of classical music. Rock and pop fans were quicker to latch on to MP3s and ...

Considering the death of the classical CD, the past, present and future seemed to be healthfully represented on disc in 2014, particularly at Deutsche Grammophon, the long-time classical class act.

Apple’s new app for classical music, Apple Music Classical, is now available as a free download for Apple Music subscribers. At launch, the service will be available globally, except in select ...

Here are 10 pieces of classical music everyone should know. 1. J.S. Bach: Suite No. 1 in G major for unaccompanied cello, BWV 1007 Everyone should know at least one work by J.S. Bach, considered ...

Robert Schumann was an unavoidable composer growing up with classical music. One of the giants, part of the civilizational core-curriculum of my Bildungsbürgertumish-youth: The symphonies ...

A few days later, I walked to a store that specialized in selling classical music CDs and bought a copy of the Sinfonietta to hear it again. This was a time when if you wanted to hear a piece of ...

Classical music has always played a key role in the life of 86-year-old German entrepreneur Klaus Heymann. At the age of nine, his mother took him to a live orchestra performance, which left a ...

“I said, 'Let's make it free,’” she says. “Our vision and our mission is to bring classical music to anyone and everyone.” With those criteria in mind, they went to work assembling the ...

The chorus and orchestra dramatically shift between piano and fortissimo passages of music, guaranteed to grab the attention of any audience. Outside of the concert hall, ‘O Fortuna’ became the UK’s ...