Classic FM Reviews 

Love the music...hate the intrusive adverts especially on the late calm classics slot...all relaxed and then loud unnecessary adds.. can you at least stop them for this show? Also Myleen, your constant mumbling on Friday and Saturday evenings drives me nuts! You spoil what should be the relaxation after a busy week .

Classic FM! Switching off now!!! Land of Hope and Glory… Elgar Pomp and Circumstance… ..whatever…slaves and British exploitation.

It used to be great but now the same music over and over again. Save me from the Lark Ascending, Barber , Out of Africa, Star Wars . I have a list. Presenters - does Aled Jones do every slot now. Can we have ones that can actually do the job properly .

I've completely given up listening to Classic FM from today

The barrage of advertising, travel reports and news makes it impossible to listen to.

Such a shame

I used to enjoy Classic FM. Then the "celebrity" presenters started to be introduced. Then the advertisement breaks started to become more instrusive and finally the repetitive nature of these adverts. I understand they have to finance the station but pay fewer celebs to present and you wont need so much advertising.

Classic FM at the Movies: if you’re looking to listen to Out of Africa and the main theme to Gladiator on a loop, fill your boots. Literally the same 20 tracks played all day, every day.

Classic FM Movies sounded like a good idea as I love soundtracks. Unfortunately they only seem to be able to repeat the same 20 or 30 tracks over and over again. I used to hear more and different movie soundtracks on the general Classic FM channel than this, but for some reason a lot of these don’t get aired on the Movies channel. Classic FM seems to be going downhill rapidly.

Listening to classic FM while undertaking DIY projects at home will now end. The news on Clasic FM shows a disturbing bias towards a Private Limited company that has infected our political landscape. Mr Farage has consistently been allowed to speak on radio news without an answer to his most dubious comments.

Waking up to Dan Walker shouting into the mic each morning was too much for me and his inane last night latest is cringing! Had to switch to another station in the morning.

I realise this is an unclaimed profile and so, probably, isn’t monitored by anyone at Classic FM but I want to leave feedback about Classic FM Calm and there isn’t any other options except direct correspondence. The channel has potential, I often wanted to switch from Classic FM to something calmer when the mood arose, and when Classic FM Calm came along I thought it the perfect accompaniment to its sister station, however, the revolving playlist of same compositions and classical versions of pop-rock songs has began to grind. The biggest issue is the advertisements, these are not calm. Lulling away to a gentle piece of music, only to be interrupted by someone shouting about insurance or being the latest lottery winner is jarring and jolting. There are so many classical pieces that are soothing and relaxing, it should be almost impossible to have a finite stream of music but, sadly, I feel Classic FM Calm is just a means to have advertisers air their material on a different channel. One that doesn’t require presenters.

My experience of 5 stars is for Classic FM Calm. However, when I go out in the morning with my personal radio - Guess what Aled Jones. Is there none else to fill in for holidays or people going off on other projects. Just call it Aled Jones FM!!! Currently this will yet another almost 4 week run for him (no doubt upping his personal appearances fee) At least we don't have to listen to Dan Walkers load of tripe about ''what did you have for supper last night'' That is going back 50 years to 'Housewives choice' and that was dire. No reply required

Generally happy with Classic FM’s music selection - a lot of it isn’t my favourite, but you can’t please everybody all the time. I’ve just got two little niggles which is really why I’m writing this:
1. Whenever they say a particular piece is “next”, you know you’ve got several minutes of ads and self-congratulation before the music actually starts!
2. Adverts are OK in principle (they pay the bills!). But they are the SAME ads every 20 minutes! Memo to people who advertise on Classic FM:- I am so sick of your repetition that as a matter of principle I will NEVER buy your product.

Why must we listen to Alexander Armstrong advertising Airbnb. Doesn't he earn enough by presenting Classic FM.
Too many popular classics repeated ad nauseum
Myleene Klass'speech is indistinct
PLEASE don't start playing Christmas music in November like you did last year

I have been a listener for over 20 years but these days am more than a little bored of the repetitive classics every day. Tim L was wonderful to listen to in the mornings but 'shouty' Dan Walker is a terrible, inappropriate replacement! I don't want to be woken up at 6.30am with somebody shouting at me that 'I've got this'...and then ramble on with inane features which are far more suited to Heart FM or something. Also can't stand the pompous Alexander Armstrong with his vocal acrobatics. Classic FM has definitely lost its class these days. I still enjoy Zeb Soames and the later shows but I now listen to Radio 3 most of the day, the presenters are passionate and knowledgable about the music and there is far more variety. The Radio 3 Unwind show is just sublime...and NO STUPID ANNOYING ADVERTS!

Impossible to listen to on Google device anymore constant adverts and adverts for some country music rubbish now it's part of tune-in. Just get spotify, Classic FM has had its day rubbish.

I can’t listen to Dan Walker in the mornings any more. Some voices are just not made for radio. I now switch over to Charles Nove on Magic Classic.

Overall I am a fan, but I immediately tune to another channel when Aled Jones is on. He never misses an opportunity to promote himself or talk about how wonderful he is.

I used to love Classic FM unfortunately all I hear now is piano piano piano.
Not enough diversity in the music.
Very rarely do I hear classical guitar or choral music.
Nope never going back to it.

In a nutshell Dan Walkers..."laters" and a host of awful supposed to be humorous repartee. There must be someone better.

I only listen to Classic fm. For me, it is the only radio station worth listening to.

However, I am now at a point where I must give some feedback. It has frustrated me for quite a time now.

I maintain that the choices of the music you play needs a review. While this differs as to presenter, I maintain it is generally out of balance.

This lack of balance comes and goes in phases. Sometimes, it can hit an extreme (as of now) when Classic fm appears to be in a complete world of its own .... during which, I tend to turn it off regularly.

These are periods are when it concentrates far too much on a particular, very restricted period of music when faced with the full repertoire on offer;

These periods are when it pushes far too much the turn-of-the-century, largely English composers ... in my humble opinion, those who deserve it least .... Finzi, Sarti, Debussy, Vaughan-Williams and dare I say, even Elgar (Pomp and Circumstance excepted) .... that pre World War 1 contemplative monotony shrouded in utter depression.

Pray, please, where is the balance in the choices made of music? For the highly restrictive period and market in which these composers held sway (1890-1910) and their nationality (largely English), there is such a wealth out there which you could play whom you hardly ever consider.

For example, whenever do you play the wonderfully joyful and amusing Gilbert and Sullivan? - Answer: hardly ever. While you may play occasionally the odd overture, you never play some of their wonderful songs ... ( .... for woke reasons? If so, shame on you! They are the essence of Englishness).

You only pay the occasional, passing acknowledge- ment to the wonderful Guiliani (to whom you introduced me, for which I am hugely grateful). There is so much of his which you could play more regularly.

You never play Ryba (whom the Czechs consider one of their (if not THE) greatest).

While you regularly play Weber's "Invitation to the Dance", you rarely play anything else of his.

There are piles of other examples which you could expose your audience to ... but you choose not to do so.

And yet, you (led especially by Aled Jones) regularly keep pushing the depressing and in my opinion, pretty untalented Finzi and Sarti et al.

I actually find it really sad how restrictive you can be at times.

Even my hero, Alexander Armstrong occasionally finds himself heading in that direction with too heavy an emphasis on such composers.

Indeed, the only presenter who appears to never to descend into these depths, who has a totally balanced approach is Tim Lihoreau. He cheers up my day no end since he clearly displays that he embraces every style and is 100% devoted to making his listeners embrace the day with optimism rather than shrouding them in pessimism.

Please start to expand your playlist and push you turn-of-the=century English composers more to the back-burner where they arguably belong. Fine to push them ... but in moderation on the basis of their limited exposure.

Yours
Charles Moubray