Classical music for breakfast time, plus found sounds and the odd unclassified track.

Katy Hamilton chooses five of her favourite recordings of Proms composer Ludwig van Beethoven and explains why you need to hear them. Plus the best recent classical releases. Show more

Baritone James Newby enjoys Nature's Beauty and pianist Alexander Gadjiev plays Beethoven in the first programme in Kate Molleson's summer series. Show more

Jess Gillam is joined by pianist Fiachra Garvey to swap Bernstein and Brahms, crafted nostalgia by Nils Frahm and Holst's joyful Jupiter. Show more

Natalie Clein opens up a selection of classical music from her point of view as a cellist - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light. Show more

Christian Thielemann conducts one of Europe’s finest orchestras, the Staatskapelle Dresden, in works by Beethoven, Reger and Richard Strauss, with soloist Nikolaj Znaider. Show more

Live music from piano great Carla Bley and her trio with Steve Swallow on bass and Andy Sheppard on saxophones. Plus Maxine Gordon shares music that inspires her. Show more

Beethoven’s Leonore at the 1996 Proms. Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts his Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique in a landmark period instrument performance. Show more

The latest in new music: Tom Service presents sounds ranging tonight from the vast electronics of Stockhausen's Cosmic Pulses at the Royal Albert to music for a single clarinet. Show more

Corey Mwamba presents Adam Fairhall performing on a prepared dulcitone that evokes the sound of an African balafon. Plus, music from saxophonist Tim Hill's new quartet. Show more

Music by Bloch, Ravel and Franz Waxman from the Rudolfinum in Prague performed by violinist Milan Al-Ashhab and pianist Adam Skoumal. Catriona Young presents. Show more