Guardian Music — Mexican-born composer often compared with Puccini and DebussyThe Mexico-born composer Daniel Catán, who has died aged 62 from a heart attack, was one of the many significant musical figures to emerge from central and south America in recent years. T... more info

Scotsman.com — Debussy: Orchestral works LSO Live, £9.99 **** more info

Guardian Music — Hoddinott Hall, CardiffThere was more extraordinary playing at Cardiff's recent flute festival than a concertgoer would normally aspire to hear in several years but, within the week came another top-flight virtuoso. Emmanuel Pahud is principal flauti... more info

Guardian Music — Originally published in the Guardian on 7 April 1971Igor Stravinsky has died in New York at the age of 88. It was obvious half a century ago that his three early Diaghilev ballets – "Firebird", "Petrushka" and "Rite of Spring" – were classics, bu... more info

L.A. Times - News — NASA begins releasing images from the first spacecraft to orbit the closest planet to the sun, including polar regions that might contain ice. After a 6 1/2 -year wait as a small craft voyaged through space, planetary scientists finally got an up-cl... more info

Guardian Music — Noriko Ogawa: Special Japan Appeal Concert, LondonThough she's London-based these days, pianist Noriko Ogawa was back in Tokyo, where she studied, when the devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Japan two weeks ago. "I was in two minds about going... more info

Guardian Music — This year's far eastern programme harks back to cultural events from the past, encouraging audiences to question the very idea of exoticism and othernessSince he took over in 2007, artistic director Jonathan Mills has put his stamp on the Edinburgh i... more info

The Vinyl Villain — I've never hidden my love for Pet Shop Boys, an act that I reckon are as important as any other that have emerged in the UK over the past 40 years. Wikipedia advises that they have now released 10 studio albums, 2 live albums, 4 compilation albums, ... more info

Guardian Music — (ICA Classics)Another ICA Classics remastering to recommend is this fascinating collection of live recordings by Rubinstein in the last decade of his career. The orchestral sound is dated and cramped in Brahms's second concerto but Rubinstein's playi... more info

Guardian Music — Pet Shop Boys & Javier De Frutos: The Most Incredible Thing, LondonNeil Tennant and Chris Lowe have released 10 albums, collaborated with artists as varied as Derek Jarman and Sam Taylor-Wood, written a West End musical and a film soundtrack; now the... more info