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The bombastic genre’s heyday was the 1970s but new acts and revived older bands are giving it another lease of life
Verdi’s underrated tale of a tragic couple receives the conductor and performers it deserves
The young megastar offers whispered confessions and claustrophobia
Prommers returned to the Royal Albert Hall after two years for James MacMillan and a ‘Golden Age of Broadway’ concert
Recorded with his band Wings in challenging conditions, the song reflected the former Beatle’s new-found sense of freedom
Q&A with The Shins frontman on Hawaii, his International Harvester Travelall and the constant drive to write songs
Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay’s side-project band returns with a follow-up that blends solid songcraft with trippy effects
The festival returns to provocative form with an exquisite production of Mozart’s opera and a hard-hitting slice of Strauss
Chausson’s opera has its first fully staged US production; plus an outdoor, overly amplified Barber of Seville
This unheard album was made in 2010, taken from the late singer’s vault of unreleased works
The former Trembling Bells drummer reunites with singer Lavinia Blackwall in his latest solo album
The French composer’s works feel newly discovered in performances led by Laurence Equilbey
‘K(no)w Them, K(no)w Us’ brings the 24-year-old saxophonist from ‘one-to-watch’ to ‘must see’
Executives complain new Discovery Mode is ‘payola’ but one Texas frontman sees it as the future
The London rapper’s second album navigates complex emotions and sombre themes with a richly varied cast of guests
At this year’s Bayreuth Festival, both cheers and jeers greet the new production of Wagner’s classic
Bonnie Tyler had the perfect voice for Jim Steinman’s 1983 epic
Bands made a joyous return to live performance as 40,000 revellers flocked to the Suffolk festival
The second collaborative album from Nicolás Jaar and Dave Harrington is interestingly devised but lacks overall structure
The musical auteur brings together a large troupe of musicians for an album of free-flowing, 1970s-inspired melodies
‘For Free’ conveys a tenacious yearning for freedom while ‘Downhill from Everywhere’ is more pragmatic
The first complete recording of the Polish composer’s works contains poignant arrangements of traditional Jewish songs
Each of the tracks here offers unexpected delights — from Egyptian organ music to Libyan reggae
This fascinating compilation marks a period when British jazz began to claim its own identity — and still sounds fresh
‘The Life and Death of Alexander Litvinenko’ debuts at Grange Park, ‘L’amico Fritz’ revived at Holland Park
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