Naysayers be damned. Classical music on record continues to thrive, or so it seems judging from the plethora of boxed sets that have come our way this year. As ever, milestone birthdays were ...

If you’re holding your breath awaiting the end of the compact-disc era, don’t exhale quite yet. Because, yes, there’s more. Believe it or not, the great conductors of the past (to say nothing of ...

From Bach’s violin sonatas in Snape, to Simon Rattle’s return to the UK, our expert selects the hottest tickets ...

Gustavo Dudamel launches the fall season with a world premiere by the Hawaiian composer Leilehua Lanzilotti and Charles Ives’s panorama of Americana, the Symphony No. 2. Yunchan Lim joins in for ...

As usual, my retrospective list of the “best” classical and opera offerings of the year has a lot more to do with lasting impressions than definitive rankings. This was a year of big tours and bold ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Icelandic composer and double bassist Bára Gísladóttir - Rui Camilo As the winter evenings draw in, music becomes a solace as well ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Look who’s back: Simon Rattle is conducting the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at the Southbank next month - Mark Allan ...