Oliver Condy has been the editor of BBC Music Magazine for five years, before which he was deputy editor at Classic FM Magazine. Now living in Bristol, Oliver sings tenor with the Exultate chamber choir and gives organ recitals from time to time.
Without doubt, the finest organ piece ever written, but is it the finest piece of music ever written? See below.
Gorgeous melody coupled with a passionate harmonic texture that only the 19th Century French could achieve.
It's the slow movement that never fails to move. And that Tom and Jerry finale too. Magical.
The best choral work ever written, no contest - but is this the finest piece of music ever written? See above.
The high priest of the Romantic period puts pianism on a pedestal in what I consider to be the very height of concerto writing.
Beethoven's ultimate sonata statement contains ferocity, introversion and musical colours no one had dreamt of conjuring from a piano before.
Has anyone managed to achieve as much orchestral scope and depth from a trio as Maurice Ravel? No.
A sobering taste of England: beauty, angst, joy, sorrow. It's all here in spades.
The only opera that reduces me to tears. That trio at the end is one of the most gripping, intense moments in the entire history of opera.
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