Guardian Music — Maurane/Danco/Etcheverry/Philharmonia/Inghelbrecht(Testament, three CDs)For many admirers of Debussy's only completed opera, the recording (currently available on EMI) Roger Désormière conducted in Nazi-occupied Paris in 1941 has never been surpass... more info

Guardian Music — Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonThe Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi has been admired so widely, and tagged as a future star by so many, that it was hard to know what to expect from the 29-year-old's debut in the Southbank Centre's International Piano ... more info

Guardian Music — Anima Eterna Brugge/Van Immerseel(Zig-Zag)Debussy suddenly seems to be on the front line of the period-instrument movement's steady advance through music history. This disc from Jos van Immerseel and his Belgian orchestra arrives just a few months af... more info

Guardian Music — City Halls, GlasgowThe New-Zealand-born composer Lyell Cresswell has lived in Edinburgh since the early 1980s and has written regularly for the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. His latest piece for them, a triple concerto premiered here with the Swiss Pia... more info

Guardian Music — Holywell Music Room, OxfordA lineup that includes eye-catching appearances by international-class singers alongside concerts involving those still on the threshold of their careers has become the reliable recipe for the Oxford Lieder festival. This y... more info

Guardian Music — Company will stage full UK premieres of five works over next five years, including Richard Ayres's Peter Pan and Jonathan Harvey's Wagner DreamWelsh National Opera today announced a new series of contemporary operas, British Firsts. Five works, all b... more info

Guardian Music — Baltimore Symphony/Alsop (Naxos)Acknowledged during his life as one of the all-time greats, Italian conductor Guido Cantelli was killed, aged only 36, in a plane crash in Paris in 1956. His discography was small, so this release of a BBC broadcast of... more info

Guardian Music — La Mer Philharmonia/Cantelli (ICA) Acknowledged during his life as one of the all-time greats, Italian conductor Guido Cantelli was killed, aged only 36, in a plane crash in Paris in 1956. His discography was small, so this release of a BBC broadcast... more info

Guardian Music — Usher Hall, EdinburghIt's early days yet in the relationship between the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and its new music director, Peter Oundjian. But this disappointing 2012-13 season opener – their first concert together since he officially t... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Scottish National Orchestra/ Märkl(Naxos)Sails flap idly on calm seas, cool breezes dance across plains, snow lies thick on the ground – we are in the poetic landscape of Debussy's delicate Préludes for piano, orchestrated with a vibrant pa... more info