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

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall; Queen Elizabeth Hall; Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall, all LondonHardly an average week for the Philharmonia. First the orchestra celebrated its 65th birthday with a concert at Windsor Castle in the presence of its patron of three ... more info

Guardian Music — From the "strange feeling" that gripped her on first seeing a violin to a quiet resolve to teach herself to sing, Anna Calvi has been consumed by music; now we're hearing the captivating resultsIn pictures: Anna Calvi gallery. In video: Anna Calvi li... more info

Guardian Music — Becker-Bender/Becker(Hyperion)Erwin Schulhoff's works for violin and piano all date from early in his tragically short career and are in some respects more representative of his development than his maturity. They reveal, however, his lifelong fascin... more info

Guardian Music — Degout/LucasIn the UK we think of Stéphane Degout primarily in terms of Mozart, forgetting, perhaps, that he's also one of today's finest exponents of French song. This disc redresses the balance. The recording is on the close side, catching the occ... more info

Guardian Music — City Halls, GlasgowTaking on Matthias Pintscher as Artist-in-Association last year confirmed the BBCSSO's place among serious new music ensembles. The 40-year-old German composer-conductor has attracted attention since his early 20s for writing dense... more info

Guardian Music — The Rite of Spring was so challenging it famously caused a riot at its premiere. Nearly a century on, it's still inspiring innovation – this time Avatar-styleIn 2007, when we programmed Klaus Obermaier's 3D digital version of Stravinsky's The Rite ... more info

Guardian Music — Usher Hall, EdinburghConductor Stéphane Denève is an incorrigible talker, expert in the art of podium chat. His corkscrew hair, puppyish enthusiasm and fortified French accent are so flamboyant it's impossible not to laugh. Edinburgh audiences, jud... more info

Guardian Music — Multimedia concerts and perfomances by Venezuela's highly-acclaimed youth orchestra aim to draw more young peoplePioneering initiatives to draw young people to classical concerts are among hundreds of events planned by London's Southbank Centre in th... more info

Guardian Music — An American list of the top 10 composers of all time will raise a few highbrow eyebrowsFor a fortnight, the classical music critic of the New York Times, Anthony Tommasini, has been engaged in a curious task: determining the top 10 composers of all t... more info