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

The Frans Brüggen Project album review – Horsch’s fascinating recorder review

On a record where instruments matter more than the music, Horsch celebrates Brüggen and the remarkable 17th and 18th-century recorders he collected

Brahms: Piano Sonata No 1; Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy, D760 album review – beautifully shaped works and a bravura performance

The French pianist revels in the virtuoso demands of Brahms’s early sonata

WEDO/Barenboim review – optimism and despondency as visionary conductor returns to London

Making their second visit to the capital this year, a frail Daniel Barenboim and his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra played sun-drenched Mendelssohn and stately Brahms with command and beauty

Katya Apekisheva review – balletic grace and formidable technical prowess

The Russian-born pianist’s solo recital took in Russian and French music; she is a persuasive advocate of Mel Bonis’s keyboard works

BBCSO/Oramo review – Kirill Gerstein plays the near unplayable

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

Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott review – an exuberant final hurrah

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

Yuja Wang and Víkingur Ólafsson review – an unforgettable night with two star pianists

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

The week in classical: Welsh National Opera’s Il trittico; Oxford international song festival – review

Even as they fight for survival, WNO give their all in Puccini at his most affecting – and funniest

LSO/Adès review – Adámek’s concerto pits Isabelle Faust’s violin against a bullying orchestra

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

Holst: Sāvitri album review – underrated jewel of 20th-century British music

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

Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos 1-5 album review – complete survey opens with bite and promise

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

Rigoletto review – Miller’s mafioso take still brings style and insights to Verdi’s masterpiece

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