Classical Music
The BBC is the world's largest producer of live classical music. Over 50% of music broadcast on BBC Radio 3 is live or specially recorded by the network. BBC Radio International offers the best of this unique output to audiences around the world.
Our catalogue of live performances includes the pick of the BBC Proms - the world’s biggest classical music festival - alongside highlights from other major festivals, such as Aldeburgh, York, Bath, Cheltenham and Edinburgh.
These events attract the world's best classical performers and the BBC has been recording them for over fifty years. Access to this archive is available exclusively through BBC Radio International.
BBC Classical Music offers:
- The world's largest catalogue of classical music available exclusively to radio. Several thousand hours of quality recordings
- Unique live performances
- Uncompromising technical standards and audio quality
- Comprehensive presentation details
- Major artists - Brendel, Rattle, Domingo, the Berlin Philharmonic...
- World premieres - Britten, Ades, Maxwell Davies, Tavener...
