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The BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the National Chorus of Wales and the solo quartet made the complex and demanding great mass soar ...

They're amateur musicians who have played the Proms and Glastonbury - and won Oscar and Grammy nominations. But community is always at the heart of their mission ...

Pianist Krystian Zimerman is a master of understatement in these renditions of lesser-known quartets ...

Pianist Malcolm Martineau adds Ravel to his surveys of French song, with a treasure trove of lesser-known works ...

Damiano Michieletto's staging gets its first revival with Aigul Akhmetshina returning to the title role with panache and conviction ...

In the Korean musician's first UK performance of the Goldberg Variations his playing felt simultaneously spontaneous and impeccably thought throug ...

A chamber reduction of Das Lied von der Erde formed the centrepiece of this spring-themed concert ...

Welsh National Opera's production brilliantly captured the tortured guilt, small-minded bitching and flash-points of volatility ...

Barbican, London; Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool; Wigmore Hall, London An invigorating all-day tribute to the maverick French composer-conductor felt like the end of an era. Plus, heartfelt Mahler and a star mezzo's WinterreiseAt a talk about Pierre ...

Timely take on pieces by Prokofiev, Mussorgsky and Lyatoshynsky masterfully encapsulated the continuing struggle between war and peace ...