Mark Elder and the LSO are compelling in this epic, little-performed work from the Aix festival
Also reviewed: another rare work, Puccini’s ‘Edgar’ at Opera Holland Park, touches the emotions
Also reviewed: Giulio Cesare at Glyndebourne has fine singing and Bollywood razzamatazz
Neil Tennant and David Gilmour are among the many notable guests in this diverse and intriguing programme of music
Richard Fairman selects his best mid-year reads
The conductor and the Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala capture the Italianate splendour of ‘Inno delle nazioni’ and ‘Quattro pezzi sacri’
Britten’s opera is performed by a dream cast and a sparkling orchestra
The baritone brings out the darker side of the composer’s vocal writing in a recording for his centenary
Danielle de Niese is bright-eyed and charismatic in Cal McCrystal’s crowd-pleasing production
Also at the festival’s 75th edition: a powerful performance of a Messiaen song cycle
The composer celebrates her Mexican roots in three works performed by the LA Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel
An innovative version of Beethoven’s opera featuring deaf actors was the highlight of the orchestra’s visit to London’s Barbican
His cycle of the composer’s piano concertos, with added improvisations, comes to a conclusion this month
Also reviewed: Platée at Garsington Opera is a Rameau rarity turned reality TV show
A dozen works from the experimental composer present a virtuoso display of sounds
Colin Currie tackles the Percussion Concerto while the glittering ‘Wunderkammer’ is performed by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Also opening at Glyndebourne: a mystifying, meaningless ‘Die Zauberflöte’
Aldeburgh Festival is staging the composer’s ‘Curlew River’ together with the Noh theatre play that inspired it in 1956
Baritone Roderick Williams has written a new piece setting poems about Sancho, who was born into slavery
This live recording from 2022 captures the pianist’s technical mastery across wildly diverse pieces
Also in London: a ‘modern medieval’ day with the Jack Quartet at Wigmore Hall
A pair of high-quality commissions by Kevin Puts and Caroline Shaw sit alongside two favourites of American music
Plus: BBC Total Immersion day at the Barbican gets political with ‘Italian Radicals’
The composer conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a revised version played with pizzazz
Also reviewed: a Martinů/Harbison operatic double-bill at the Linbury theatre
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