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The pianist delivered the thundering arpeggios and glittering octave runs of Ferrucio Busoni's prodigiously difficult 1904 piano concerto with total authority ...

With Stott announcing her retirement as a concert pianist, there was some sadness at the ending of a 40-year-old musical partnership. But their playing was exquisite ...

From the breathtakingly intimate dynamics during Berio's Wasserklavier to the astonishingly crisp articulation of Schubert's Fantasia in F minor, this concert was a masterclass in clarity and poise ...

New Theatre Oxford; various venues, OxfordEven as they fight for survival, WNO give their all in Puccini at his most affecting - and funniest. Plus, a gem of a recital ranging from Fauré to Victoria WoodThe chancellor had other things on her mind ...

Follow Me by Ondej Adámek is a vivid work that upends traditional relationships, while exhilarating and faultless Beethoven symphonies bookend the concert ...

Switching a mezzo for a soprano in the title role, this impressive recording of one of Holst's most important works is a fitting celebration of the 150th anniversary of his birth ...

The Spanish quartet are recording all 15 of Shostakovich's string quartets, this opening volume features the first five, all given refined performances ...

Jonathan Miller's iconic staging for ENO is 40 years old but with Richard Farnes conducting and a striking debut from Robyn Allegra Parton as Gilda, this remains a vibrant and engaging production ...

Cavallo's short opera has been downscaled for a chamber orchestra and given a simple but effective staging, rounded off with some surprise razzle dazzle ...

The score, on a card bearing Frédéric Chopin's hand-written name, was discovered by a curator at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York ...