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Top classical picks for autumn

4829 days ago
Guardian MusicThe Leipzig Gewandhaus descend on London for all nine Beethoven symphonies, ENO goes French baroque with Castor and Pollux, and Glasgow gets minimalChailly's Beethoven CycleRiccardo Chailly and Lepizig's Gewandhaus Orchestra hit London for a five-con... more info

BBC Proms 2011: Yo-Yo Ma/BBC SO, Albert Hall, review

4831 days ago
The TelegraphThe BBC Symphony Orchestra's performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony refused to take off. more info

Schumann: Papillons; Sonata in F sharp minor; Fantasy in C; Kinderszenen; Waldszenen; Geistervariationen – review

4832 days ago
Guardian MusicAndrás Schiff (ECM, two CDs)The accompanying notes give no reason why András Schiff has assembled these particular works by Schumann into a two-disc set. They also offer no clues as to why, alongside well-known works, he has included the composer'... more info

Steve Coleman and Five Elements: The Mancy of Sound

4832 days ago
Guardian Music(Pi)Reflections on the role of music as divination by Beethoven, Scriabin and Coltrane appear on the sleeve of this followup to saxophonist Steve Coleman's Harvesting Semblances and Affinities album of last year. They confirm that Coleman (a founder ... more info

Prom 61: BBCSO/Robertson/Ma – review

4832 days ago
Guardian MusicRoyal Albert Hall, LondonGraham Fitkin's new Cello Concerto, a BBC commission, breaks the concerto mould in that it is not intended as a virtuoso showpiece – in fact, this must be one of the easier pieces in Yo-Yo Ma's repertoire. But it was writte... more info

BBC Proms 2011: Sinfonye and Tonhalle Orch, Albert Hall

4834 days ago
The TelegraphThis is familiar Beethoven, but as fresh as the day it was written. more info

Prom 57: Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich/Zinman – review

4836 days ago
Guardian MusicRoyal Albert Hall, LondonAs its title suggests, Anders Hillborg's Cold Heat is all about paradox. It's dedicated to David Zinman, who conducted its premiere last January while guesting with the Berlin Philharmonic – though it was with his own orche... more info

New York state of mind: listeners pick 9/11 soundtrack to mark anniversary

4838 days ago
Guardian MusicBarber's Adagio for Strings, Vaughan Williams and Springsteen top list crowdsourced by WYNC public radioNew York's public radio network faced an interesting challenge when contemplating how to fill the airwaves on the tenth anniversary of the World T... more info

Llŷr Williams – review

4841 days ago
Guardian MusicGreyfriars Kirk, EdinburghLlŷr Williams's Beethoven is a challenge. Currently just over halfway through his complete run of the piano sonatas at Greyfriars – divvied up non-chronologically into 12 concerts over the span of the Edinburgh fringe –... more info

Opera through the ages

4845 days ago
Guardian MusicOpera is as vital today as it was in 16th-century Florence. We chart the rise and reinvention of the genre over four centuries16th-century 0riginsThough various ways of bringing music and drama together had been explored over centuries – such as li... more info

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