Lohengrin – review
Peter Wedd is an interesting, unconventional Lohengrin and the WNO chorus are unreservedly glorious, writes Andrew Clements
Valery Gergiev 60th birthday gala – review
Apart from a chorus of Happy Birthday, the programme avoided any of the familiar Gergiev orchestral showstoppers, writes Tim Ashley
Luke Bedford Portrait – review
British composer Luke Bedford has achieved a rare feat: a piece that has everything, writes Guy Dammann
Viktor Ullmann’s opera written in Nazi concentration camp revived in Berlin
Czech-German composer's satire on Adolf Hitler, The Emperor from Atlantis, to be staged at former SS and Gestapo HQ
Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict – review
Although it feels a little homemade at times, this film switches effectively between dramatisation, documentary and contemporary performances of the composer's works, writes Steve Rose
Olthuis: Capricho; Villa-Lobos: Ciranda dos Sete Notas; Gubaidulina: Bassoon Concerto, etc – review
Gustavo Núñez is a bassoonist of jaw-dropping agility whose skills are to the fore in this otherwise unstrenuous set, writes Andrew Clements
Jörg Widmann: Violin Concerto; Antiphon; Insel der Sirenen – review
Christian Tetzlaff's astonishingly vivid account of the violin concert Jörg Widmann composed for him is every bit as good as the piece itself, says Andrew Clements
Leos Janáček: Sinfonietta; Taras Bulba; The Ballad of Blaník; The Fiddler’s Child – review
What Netopil and his Prague orchestra lack in tonal splendour, they make up for with subtlety on this Janáček disc, says Andrew Clements
Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke; Études Symphoniques; Blumenstück – review
Freddy Kempf veers between fierceness and delicacy on this perplexing Schumann album, writes Andrew Clements
Wagner 200 in London – review
This bicentenary concert was a showcase of the rich and continuing British Wagnerian tradition, with not a German in sight, writes Martin Kettle
Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde – review
Alice Coote's exquisite colouration in the great song-symphony makes this disc worthwhile, but Klemperer's 1964 account is still the benchmark, writes Andrew Clements
Henri Dutilleux obituary
One of France's leading composers, he used colour, harmony and form to magical effect
A to Z of Wagner: I is for Isolde
Stephen Moss explores Wagner's heroine from perhaps the most significant musical work of the 19th century
Henri Dutilleux dies aged 97
French composer Henri Dutilleux has died at the age of 97 was announced earlier today.
A disease called Richard? Wagner as mental health menace
In his time the composer's 'dangerously stimulating' music was blamed for melancholy, hysteria, hypnosis and even triggering orgasm, writes Kate Connolly