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British contemporary classical is a broad, post-1970s strain of new music that balances modernist edge with a distinctly pragmatic flair for colour, drama, and craft. It ranges from rigorous, sometimes thorny complexity and experimental textures to luminous choral writing and tightly driven rhythmic minimalism, often borrowing energy from rock, jazz, folk, film scoring, and electronic sound worlds. Orchestral and chamber works sit alongside vocal, sacred, and stage pieces, with an ear for vivid timbre, sharp contrasts, and expressive immediacy. The result is music that can be intellectually demanding yet direct, rooted in tradition while restlessly reinventing it.

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Bryars: Harpsichord Concerto "Busoni's Chickering", Poco più mosso

Gavin Bryars•

Mahan Esfahani•

Ensemble 10/10•

Clark Rundell•

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra•

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October 16, 2026

Bryars: Harpsichord Concerto "Busoni's Chickering", Poco più mosso
Gavin Bryars•
Mahan Esfahani•
Ensemble 10/10•
Clark Rundell•
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra•
Andrew Manze
1 tracks
October 16

The holly and the ivy
Matthew Owens•
John Rutter•
The Cambridge Singers•
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
1 tracks
October 2

Was I the lamb?
John Rutter•
The Cambridge Singers
1 tracks
September 4

Relaxing Classical for Studying
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Anonymous•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Arcangelo Corelli•
Astor Piazzolla•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Clara Schumann•
Claudio Monteverdi•
Cyril Scott•
César Franck•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Domenico Scarlatti•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Ennio Morricone•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
François Couperin•
Gabriel Fauré•
Gabriela Montero•
George Frideric Handel•
Georges Bizet•
Georges Delerue•
Giacomo Puccini•
Gustav Mahler•
Henry Purcell•
Jean-Baptiste Lully•
Johannes Brahms•
John Cage•
John Eccles•
John Field•
John Williams•
Jules Massenet•
Leoš Janáček•
Luigi Boccherini•
Maurice Ravel•
Michael Nyman•
Modest Mussorgsky•
Philip Glass
198 tracks
September 3

O Radiant Dawn (Live at Temple Church)
James MacMillan•
The King's Singers
1 tracks
August 28

Donnacha Dennehy: Limina
Donnacha Dennehy
6 tracks
August 20

The Gallant Weaver
James MacMillan•
Robert Burns•
Tenebrae•
Nigel Short
1 tracks
August 14

Relaxing on the Beach
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Alessandro Marcello•
Alexander Glazunov•
Alexandre Tansman•
Clara Schumann•
Domenico Gabrielli•
Georges Delerue•
Giuseppe Tartini•
Gregorio Allegri•
Jean-Baptiste Lully•
Leo Brouwer•
Ludovico Einaudi•
Manuel Ponce•
Marin Marais•
Michael Nyman•
Mily Balakirev•
Pietro Mascagni•
Reynaldo Hahn•
Tomaso Albinoni•
Toru Takemitsu•
William Walton
89 tracks
August 14

Sunlit Classics
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Alexander Glazunov•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Arvo Pärt•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Federico Mompou•
Frank Bridge•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
Frederick Delius•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Frideric Handel•
Henryk Górecki•
Igor Stravinsky•
Isaac Albéniz•
Jean Sibelius•
Jean-Henri d'Anglebert•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
John Ireland•
John Tavener•
Joseph Haydn•
Maurice Ravel•
Ottorino Respighi•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Ralph Vaughan Williams•
Robert Schumann•
Tomaso Albinoni
72 tracks
July 24

Exit Music (for a Film) [Arr. for Piano by Christopher O'Riley]
Thom Yorke•
Jonny Greenwood•
Ed O'Brien
1 tracks
July 21

Violin Concerto: II. Tranquil and spacious (Excerpt)
Donnacha Dennehy
2 tracks
July 17

MacMillan: A Child's Prayer
James MacMillan•
Vlaams Radiokoor•
Jolien De Gendt
1 tracks
June 24

“Limina” Piano Concerto: I. Head
Donnacha Dennehy•
Eliza McCarthy
1 tracks
June 12

Marilyn Forever
Gavin Bryars
20 tracks
June 12

Dufourt: Antiphysis - Ferneyhough: Funérailles - Harvey: Mortuos plango, vivos voco - Höller: Arcus
Pierre Boulez•
Peter Eötvös•
Ensemble Intercontemporain•
Brian Ferneyhough•
Gérard Grisey•
Hugues Dufourt•
Jonathan Harvey
6 tracks
June 5

The Collected Works of Billy the Kid
Gavin Bryars•
Claron McFadden
19 tracks
June 4

Peaceful Cello
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Alexander Glazunov•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Astor Piazzolla•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach•
Carlo Graziani•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
César Franck•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Ennio Morricone•
Enrique Granados•
Erich Wolfgang Korngold•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Franz Schubert•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Frideric Handel•
Jacques Offenbach•
Jean Sibelius•
Johannes Brahms•
John Tavener•
Joseph Haydn•
Joseph Kosma•
Jules Massenet•
Leonard Bernstein•
Leoš Janáček•
Luigi Boccherini•
Léo Delibes•
Maria Theresia von Paradis•
Maurice Ravel•
Michel Legrand•
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov•
Pablo Casals•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Ralph Vaughan Williams•
Robert Schumann•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Tomaso Albinoni
89 tracks
May 22

Talbot: The Wishing Tree
Joby Talbot•
The Gesualdo Six•
Owain Park
1 tracks
May 15

Darkness into Light
Edward Cowie•
Laura Chislett•
Alice Giles
13 tracks
May 15

Darkness into Light
Edward Cowie•
Laura Chislett•
Alice Giles
13 tracks
May 15

Rebecca Dale: Studies in Disappearing (music for screen)
Rebecca Dale
13 tracks
May 11

A Century of Artistry
Gervase De Peyer•
Aram Khachaturian•
Arthur Bliss•
Béla Bartók•
Carl Maria von Weber•
Carl Nielsen•
Darius Milhaud•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Berwald•
Franz Schubert•
Harrison Birtwistle•
Jean Françaix•
Johannes Brahms•
Leoš Janáček•
Louis Spohr•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Maurice Ravel•
Max Reger•
Olivier Messiaen•
Peter Maxwell Davies•
Richard Rodney Bennett•
Robert Schumann•
Sergei Prokofiev•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
128 tracks
May 11

A Century of Artistry
Gervase De Peyer•
Aram Khachaturian•
Arthur Bliss•
Béla Bartók•
Carl Maria von Weber•
Carl Nielsen•
Darius Milhaud•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Berwald•
Franz Schubert•
Harrison Birtwistle•
Jean Françaix•
Johannes Brahms•
Leoš Janáček•
Louis Spohr•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Maurice Ravel•
Max Reger•
Olivier Messiaen•
Peter Maxwell Davies•
Richard Rodney Bennett•
Robert Schumann•
Sergei Prokofiev•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
128 tracks
May 8

Her Shoes Off, so Silent (Duet)
Gavin Bryars•
Claron McFadden
1 tracks
May 8

Ranjha
Shye Ben Tzur•
Jonny Greenwood•
The Rajasthan Express
11 tracks
May 8

We're on This Highway
Gavin Bryars
1 tracks
May 8

Calm Classical for Studying
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Andrea Morricone•
Anonymous•
Antonín Dvořák•
Arcangelo Corelli•
Arvo Pärt•
Astor Piazzolla•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Charles Gounod•
Charlie Chaplin•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Clara Schumann•
Claudio Monteverdi•
César Franck•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Domenico Scarlatti•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Ennio Morricone•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
François Couperin•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Frideric Handel•
Henry Purcell•
Jean-Baptiste Lully•
Johann Baptist Vanhal•
Johannes Brahms•
John Cage•
John Eccles•
John Field•
John Williams•
Leoš Janáček•
Luigi Boccherini•
Maurice Ravel•
Michael Nyman•
Philip Glass•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Regino Sáinz de la Maza•
Richard Strauss•
Robert Schumann
174 tracks
May 1

Edward Cowie: La Primavera
Edward Cowie•
Laura Chislett
1 tracks
April 30

Rebecca Dale: Five More Minutes (Sardine Armpit)
Rebecca Dale•
Joby Burgess
1 tracks
April 24

Rigwreck
Gabriel Jackson•
The Crossing•
Donald Nally
5 tracks
April 24

Rigwreck
Gabriel Jackson•
The Crossing•
Donald Nally
5 tracks
April 17

Edward Cowie: Australian Water Music
Edward Cowie•
Laura Chislett•
Alice Giles
1 tracks
April 17

La plus forte
Gerald Barry•
BBC Concert Orchestra
9 tracks
April 17

Edward Cowie: Australian Water Music
Edward Cowie•
Laura Chislett•
Alice Giles
1 tracks
April 16

Rebecca Dale: Disappear I - Ava's Theme
Rebecca Dale
1 tracks
April 10

Yes, I am your angel
Gabriel Jackson•
The Crossing•
Donald Nally
1 tracks
April 10

Cecilia McDowall: A Tree is a Song
Cecilia McDowall•
The Rodolfus Choir•
Ralph Allwood•
Elinor Cooper
13 tracks
April 10

Yes, I am your angel
Gabriel Jackson•
The Crossing•
Donald Nally
1 tracks
April 8

Shemesh
Shye Ben Tzur•
Jonny Greenwood•
The Rajasthan Express
1 tracks
April 3

Between God and the Wall
Richard Causton•
Edward Wickham
1 tracks

September 4, 2026

Relaxing Classical for Studying
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Anonymous•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Arcangelo Corelli•
Astor Piazzolla•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Clara Schumann•
Claudio Monteverdi•
Cyril Scott•
César Franck•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Domenico Scarlatti•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Ennio Morricone•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
François Couperin•
Gabriel Fauré•
Gabriela Montero•
George Frideric Handel•
Georges Bizet•
Georges Delerue•
Giacomo Puccini•
Gustav Mahler•
Henry Purcell•
Jean-Baptiste Lully•
Johannes Brahms•
John Cage•
John Eccles•
John Field•
John Williams•
Jules Massenet•
Leoš Janáček•
Luigi Boccherini•
Maurice Ravel•
Michael Nyman•
Modest Mussorgsky•
Philip Glass
198 tracks
August 28

Donnacha Dennehy: Limina
Donnacha Dennehy
6 tracks
August 14

Relaxing on the Beach
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Alessandro Marcello•
Alexander Glazunov•
Alexandre Tansman•
Clara Schumann•
Domenico Gabrielli•
Georges Delerue•
Giuseppe Tartini•
Gregorio Allegri•
Jean-Baptiste Lully•
Leo Brouwer•
Ludovico Einaudi•
Manuel Ponce•
Marin Marais•
Michael Nyman•
Mily Balakirev•
Pietro Mascagni•
Reynaldo Hahn•
Tomaso Albinoni•
Toru Takemitsu•
William Walton
89 tracks
August 14

Sunlit Classics
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Alexander Glazunov•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Arvo Pärt•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Federico Mompou•
Frank Bridge•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
Frederick Delius•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Frideric Handel•
Henryk Górecki•
Igor Stravinsky•
Isaac Albéniz•
Jean Sibelius•
Jean-Henri d'Anglebert•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
John Ireland•
John Tavener•
Joseph Haydn•
Maurice Ravel•
Ottorino Respighi•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Ralph Vaughan Williams•
Robert Schumann•
Tomaso Albinoni
72 tracks
June 12

Marilyn Forever
Gavin Bryars
20 tracks
June 12

Dufourt: Antiphysis - Ferneyhough: Funérailles - Harvey: Mortuos plango, vivos voco - Höller: Arcus
Pierre Boulez•
Peter Eötvös•
Ensemble Intercontemporain•
Brian Ferneyhough•
Gérard Grisey•
Hugues Dufourt•
Jonathan Harvey
6 tracks
June 5

The Collected Works of Billy the Kid
Gavin Bryars•
Claron McFadden
19 tracks
June 4

Peaceful Cello
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Alexander Glazunov•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Astor Piazzolla•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach•
Carlo Graziani•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
César Franck•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Ennio Morricone•
Enrique Granados•
Erich Wolfgang Korngold•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Franz Schubert•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Frideric Handel•
Jacques Offenbach•
Jean Sibelius•
Johannes Brahms•
John Tavener•
Joseph Haydn•
Joseph Kosma•
Jules Massenet•
Leonard Bernstein•
Leoš Janáček•
Luigi Boccherini•
Léo Delibes•
Maria Theresia von Paradis•
Maurice Ravel•
Michel Legrand•
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov•
Pablo Casals•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Ralph Vaughan Williams•
Robert Schumann•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Tomaso Albinoni
89 tracks
May 15

Darkness into Light
Edward Cowie•
Laura Chislett•
Alice Giles
13 tracks
May 15

Darkness into Light
Edward Cowie•
Laura Chislett•
Alice Giles
13 tracks
May 15

Rebecca Dale: Studies in Disappearing (music for screen)
Rebecca Dale
13 tracks
May 11

A Century of Artistry
Gervase De Peyer•
Aram Khachaturian•
Arthur Bliss•
Béla Bartók•
Carl Maria von Weber•
Carl Nielsen•
Darius Milhaud•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Berwald•
Franz Schubert•
Harrison Birtwistle•
Jean Françaix•
Johannes Brahms•
Leoš Janáček•
Louis Spohr•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Maurice Ravel•
Max Reger•
Olivier Messiaen•
Peter Maxwell Davies•
Richard Rodney Bennett•
Robert Schumann•
Sergei Prokofiev•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
128 tracks
May 11

A Century of Artistry
Gervase De Peyer•
Aram Khachaturian•
Arthur Bliss•
Béla Bartók•
Carl Maria von Weber•
Carl Nielsen•
Darius Milhaud•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Berwald•
Franz Schubert•
Harrison Birtwistle•
Jean Françaix•
Johannes Brahms•
Leoš Janáček•
Louis Spohr•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Maurice Ravel•
Max Reger•
Olivier Messiaen•
Peter Maxwell Davies•
Richard Rodney Bennett•
Robert Schumann•
Sergei Prokofiev•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
128 tracks
May 8

Ranjha
Shye Ben Tzur•
Jonny Greenwood•
The Rajasthan Express
11 tracks
May 8

Calm Classical for Studying
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Andrea Morricone•
Anonymous•
Antonín Dvořák•
Arcangelo Corelli•
Arvo Pärt•
Astor Piazzolla•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Charles Gounod•
Charlie Chaplin•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Clara Schumann•
Claudio Monteverdi•
César Franck•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Domenico Scarlatti•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Ennio Morricone•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
François Couperin•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Frideric Handel•
Henry Purcell•
Jean-Baptiste Lully•
Johann Baptist Vanhal•
Johannes Brahms•
John Cage•
John Eccles•
John Field•
John Williams•
Leoš Janáček•
Luigi Boccherini•
Maurice Ravel•
Michael Nyman•
Philip Glass•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Regino Sáinz de la Maza•
Richard Strauss•
Robert Schumann
174 tracks
April 24

Rigwreck
Gabriel Jackson•
The Crossing•
Donald Nally
5 tracks
April 24

Rigwreck
Gabriel Jackson•
The Crossing•
Donald Nally
5 tracks
April 17

La plus forte
Gerald Barry•
BBC Concert Orchestra
9 tracks
April 10

Cecilia McDowall: A Tree is a Song
Cecilia McDowall•
The Rodolfus Choir•
Ralph Allwood•
Elinor Cooper
13 tracks
April 3

Three British Accordion Concertos
Owen Murray•
BBC Concert Orchestra•
James MacMillan
10 tracks

October 16, 2026

The holly and the ivy
Matthew Owens•
John Rutter•
The Cambridge Singers•
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
1 tracks
October 16

Bryars: Harpsichord Concerto "Busoni's Chickering", Poco più mosso
Gavin Bryars•
Mahan Esfahani•
Ensemble 10/10•
Clark Rundell•
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra•
Andrew Manze
1 tracks
October 2

Was I the lamb?
John Rutter•
The Cambridge Singers
1 tracks
September 3

O Radiant Dawn (Live at Temple Church)
James MacMillan•
The King's Singers
1 tracks
August 20

The Gallant Weaver
James MacMillan•
Robert Burns•
Tenebrae•
Nigel Short
1 tracks
July 24

Exit Music (for a Film) [Arr. for Piano by Christopher O'Riley]
Thom Yorke•
Jonny Greenwood•
Ed O'Brien
1 tracks
July 21

Violin Concerto: II. Tranquil and spacious (Excerpt)
Donnacha Dennehy
2 tracks
July 17

MacMillan: A Child's Prayer
James MacMillan•
Vlaams Radiokoor•
Jolien De Gendt
1 tracks
June 24

“Limina” Piano Concerto: I. Head
Donnacha Dennehy•
Eliza McCarthy
1 tracks
May 22

Talbot: The Wishing Tree
Joby Talbot•
The Gesualdo Six•
Owain Park
1 tracks
May 8

Her Shoes Off, so Silent (Duet)
Gavin Bryars•
Claron McFadden
1 tracks
May 8

We're on This Highway
Gavin Bryars
1 tracks
May 1

Edward Cowie: La Primavera
Edward Cowie•
Laura Chislett
1 tracks
April 30

Rebecca Dale: Five More Minutes (Sardine Armpit)
Rebecca Dale•
Joby Burgess
1 tracks
April 17

Edward Cowie: Australian Water Music
Edward Cowie•
Laura Chislett•
Alice Giles
1 tracks
April 17

Edward Cowie: Australian Water Music
Edward Cowie•
Laura Chislett•
Alice Giles
1 tracks
April 16

Rebecca Dale: Disappear I - Ava's Theme
Rebecca Dale
1 tracks
April 10

Yes, I am your angel
Gabriel Jackson•
The Crossing•
Donald Nally
1 tracks
April 10

Yes, I am your angel
Gabriel Jackson•
The Crossing•
Donald Nally
1 tracks
April 8

Shemesh
Shye Ben Tzur•
Jonny Greenwood•
The Rajasthan Express
1 tracks