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In a programme of Fauré, Schumann and Chopin, the pianist's take felt at times wilfully eccentric as in his hands, this familiar music became quite alien.

Candlelight set the tone for the ensemble of superb focus, great refinement and real depth of feeling ...

The choir's first release since the departure of its founding conductor filters the composers through a 19th-century lens but things can at points feel a little unwieldy ...

Why is the great performance artist making pianist Levit play a Satie piece 840 times? And does he really have a screen to go behind should nature call? We enter another level of time and consciousness ...

The Norwegian soprano dominates in this recording taken from concert performances in which Finley's Dutchman feels somewhat underpowered ...

The centrepiece of this all-Asian programme from the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group was the world premiere of Dai Fujikura's Sh Concerto ...

The orchestra marked its centenary in style with a superbly articulated performance of the Turangalîla Symphony that captured the emotional immediacy ...

The therapeutic role music can play is the focus of a string of new books and even an entire BBC radio station. But why can't we just listen to music for music's sake?

The neglected British composer's concerto, ignored for more than half a century, only hints at greatness - but triumphant recitals of Arnold and Williams make up for it ...

Millennium Centre, Cardiff; Temple Church; Wigmore Hall, LondonDepleted yet straining every sinew, Welsh National Opera deliver a formidable new Peter Grimes. Elsewhere, down the aisle with Wagner and fearless Bach from the world's next great ...