Adèle Hugo: Mélodies sur des poèmes de Victor Hugo review – a daughter’s voice uncovered
Composer Richard Dubugnon has given colourful life to previously unknown songs by the great French author’s youngest child, whose life descended into tragedy
Tom Coult: Pieces That Disappear album review – strikingly rooted and assured works from young composer
This distinctive collection brings cabaret, country dances and a streak of melancholy to bear
Morley/Montague Rendall/Martineau review – Wolf’s Liederbuch sounds exquisite
The singers were on wonderfully expressive form for this performance of Hugo Wolf’s song cycle – one of music’s great disquisitions on the nature of love
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal/Payare review – colour, pace and silky strings
The North American musicians and their Venezuelan conductor brought a programme of Habibi, Berlioz and Beethoven – with Javier Perianes the soloist in his first piano concerto – to London
The Elixir of Love review – Donizetti’s romcom staged as second world war sitcom is hugely enjoyable
Set among land girls and flying aces Harry Fehr’s new staging is a lot of fun, with Thomas Atkins making a fine ENO debut and Rhian Lois a terrific lady of the manor
The week in classical: The Tales of Hoffmann; Philharmonia/ Salonen; Berlin Philharmonic/ Petrenko – review
Wild fantasies take hold in Offenbach’s compellingly strange opera; Lawrence Power is more than a match for Magnus Lindberg’s new Viola Concerto; and to the underworld with the Berlin Phil
Tchaikovsky: The Seasons album review – exquisite care and ego-free piano playing
Bruce Liu’s performance is superbly polished, but wonderfully free of mannerisms, giving these charming salon pieces the respect and sincerity they deserve
Linda Catlin Smith: Flowers of Emptiness album review – compelling beauty and quiet intensity
The composer’s ever evolving chamber music is captured here in eight works from 1986-2024, showcasing a singular voice
Takács Quartet review – a superlative performance in which the music never sits still
Britten’s second string quartet was framed by forward-looking works by Haydn and Beethoven with each work sounding fresh in an entrancing concert
Lawrence Power/Philharmonia/Salonen review – commitment and virtuosity in works old and brand new
Two concerts, including the UK premiere of Magnus Lindberg’s fiercely challenging Viola Concerto, showcased the versatility and communicative skills of Lawrence Power
LSO/Mäkelä review – dazzle and drama, but always backed by exceptional musicality
A turbo-charged performance from the young conductor, carefully paced and full of bold choices, brought out the beauty and the terror of Stravinsky’s score
The Tales of Hoffmann review – fun, carnivalesque staging goes to the dark side
Damiano Michieletto’s production of Offenbach’s opéra fantastique is full of warped wit and devilish touches with a fine cast bringing this colourful fever-dream to life
The Brandenburg Concertos on tour review – OAE and Bach lift the spirits
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment combine virtuosity with a practised nonchalance to soothe our age’s anxieties
Distant Voices, New Worlds review – avant-garde vision of Albion by bright British composers
Inspired by the South Downs near Brighton, this selection box of new work from contemporary composers is English to its core – and yet defies tradition
LPO/Gardner/Ólafsson review – fierce Brahms and a rich Waley-Cohen premiere
Vikingur Ólafsson’s performance of Brahms’s first piano concerto was the evening’s main attraction, but those who left at the interval missed the world premiere of Freya Waley-Cohen’s ambitious and rich Mother Tongue