Guardian Music — Simón Bolívar SO of Venezuela/Dudamel (Deutsche Grammophon)Yoking together Tchaikovsky's three orchestral works that were inspired by Shakespeare makes unarguable sense, but it's a surprisingly rare combination on disc. Perhaps the unevenness of th... more info

Guardian Music — Report concludes that Sistema Scotland project to immerse deprived children in classical music is having a positive effect and can achieve 'social transformation'Raploch, on the outskirts of Stirling in the heart of Scotland, may boast a stunning loc... more info

Guardian Music — (Deutsche Grammophon)Dudamel and the Simón Bolivar Orchestra have already recorded Tchaikovsky's fifth symphony with DG. They continue their series with three Shakespeare-inspired works: Hamlet, The Tempest and the well-known Fantasy Overture Romeo ... more info

The Telegraph — Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, cond Gustavo Dudamel. Rating: * * * * more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Anton Webern's Five Pieces for Orchestra, Opus 10, is a small chamber ensemble but the evenings finale of Bruckner's Seventh Symphony is a magnificent performance and an exceptionally spacious one. Anton Webern's Five Pieces for Orchestra, Opus 10, i... more info

Guardian Music — Symphony Hall, BirminghamPerhaps because the early defining recordings of Mahler's Ninth Symphony, by Klemperer and Bruno Walter, were made by conductors of a certain age, the work is often regarded as beyond the reach of younger Mahlerians. But that... more info

Guardian Music — I can feel the chill winds of a Dudamel backlash forming, and yet I'm not in the sceptics' campThere has been Dudamania in London again, as the Los Angeles Philharmonic swept in to the Barbican last week for a pair of concerts with Gustavo Dudamel, t... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonThe last of Mahler's completed symphonies, the Ninth was premiered 13 months after his death, and its references to Beethoven's Les Adieux sonata and Johann Strauss's waltz Enjoy Life have added to its reputation as one of music's gre... 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 — Barbican; King's Head, both LondonAn orchestra reveals much about itself from the way it tunes up: not the mere technicality of fixing the note but the onstage atmosphere in those moments before kick-off. The Los Angeles Philharmonic, fiddling and bl... more info