ContactMusic — Legendary conductor Sir Colin Davis has died, aged 85.The longtime London Symphony Orchestra (Lso) leader was born in Surrey in 1927 and studied... more info

The Independent — Pussy Riot’s Moscow church protest, which resulted in a two-year prison sentence for members of the punk group, was motivated by a desire to create controversy to boost their careers, Russia’s leading conductor has suggested. more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonThis concert technically belonged to violinist Leonidas Kavakos's residency with the LSO, though it actually gave the orchestra a night off while he played duets with pianist Nikolai Lugansky. It was a real treat: they're both fantast... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonLeonidas Kavakos must be wondering if he will ever get to play the concerto Osvaldo Golijov is writing for him, which remains unfinished more than 18 months after its planned premiere. In its place, Kavakos opened his mini-residency w... more info

Guardian Music — Various venues, HuddersfieldA generation and vast gulf of musical difference separates Wolfgang Rihm and his German compatriot, the composer and conductor Matthias Pintscher. But what they have in common is that both frequently look to visual art as ... more info

Guardian Music — Tenebrae/Nigel Short/London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble (LSO LIVE)Taken from a concert at last year's City of London festival, this disc interweaves Bach's D minor solo violin Partita with a selection of funereal chorales, followed by a perfo... more info

Chorus.fm — Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0026EEYDW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0026EEYDW&linkCode=as2&tag=alexislegend-20) is offering a free download of *The Who* (http://thewho.com/)'s Tommy: As Performed By The... more info

Guardian Music — The violinist Alina Ibragimova doesn't do things the easy way. As a result, her playing possesses both terrifying rawness and electrifying energyThere are some performers who don't so much interpret music as become it, as if it possesses them so com... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonThough Brahms and Szymanowski make for unlikely musical bedfellows, Valery Gergiev's latest project with the LSO is to perform in pairs each of the composers' four symphonies. Originally unveiled at the Edinburgh festival, the projec... more info

Guardian Music — 'You could drop in the brazen brilliance of the New York Phil's brass section – and personally, I'd want Claudio Abbado'Why has nobody invented the classical-music equivalent of fantasy football? Cherry-picking from the world's greatest musicians c... more info