Guardian Music — Kreutzer Quartet(Toccata Classics)Toccata Classics has already released one disc devoted to David Matthews's string quartets, on which the Kreutzer Quartet played the fourth, sixth and 10th. Now they add the fifth, dating from 1984, and the most rece... more info

Guardian Music — Beethoven's third symphony - the Eroica - is an exposing piece for any orchestra. Will the newly matured Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra make the grade?This is a challenge for Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, make no mist... more info

KEXP Seattle — When people hear the term “classical music” they think of – and for good reason – Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, and numerous other legendary composers who have more than left their mark on music. However, unbeknownst to many, classical music did n... more info

Guardian Music — I suspected Lisitsa – about to debut at London's Royal Albert Hall – was a case of promotion over profundity. Then I joined her online audience and was wowed by her self-assured virtuosityWell, here's a funny thing, a story, a phenomenon, in whic... more info

Guardian Music — Artemis Quartet(Virgin)At the halfway stage of their Beethoven cycle for Virgin, the Artemis Quartet have turned their attention to a different but, in many ways, equally daunting challenge. Schubert's last three string quartets make a natural two-di... more info

Guardian Music — Bruckner O Linz/Davies(Orange Mountain Music)Philip Glass isn't the kind of composer to be daunted by the traditional curse of writing a ninth symphony. In fact, he has already completed a 10th, which will be premiered in August. Even so, Glass's wh... more info

Guardian Music — From Beethoven to Bright Eyes: last week was all about pop paying homage to past mastersLast week we called for your favourite pop songs that borrow from classical music. There may be few as weighty or profound as their classical antecedents, but the... more info

Guardian Music — Gerhaher/Huber (Sony Classical)The Stefan George songs of The Book of the Hanging Gardens and the precocious settings of Peter Altenberg's pithy texts, which Berg composed under the influence of Schoenberg's first atonal masterpiece, are not the most... more info

Guardian Music — Assembly Rooms/Guildhall, BathPerforming the complete cycle of Beethoven's string quartets is effectively a rite of passage: the Belcea Quartet, established in 1994, only embarked on it last year. Last month, they played the cycle of 16 quartets ove... more info

Guardian Music — Philharmonic Hall, LiverpoolPeter Maxwell Davies has been master of the Queen's music since 2004 and his Ninth Symphony, given its world premiere by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic under Vasily Petrenko, is dedicated to the Queen on the occasion of ... more info