Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonThis year's Proms have already seen heated online debates about the loss of orchestral or vocal detail in the Albert Hall's reverberant acoustic, and how where you stand or sit affects your experience of the concert. So the f... more info

L.A. Times - News — When he spun a dream on skid row using two violin strings, the musician never would have envisioned a command performance at the White House. Yet, here he is. ... more info

Guardian Music — Anatol Ugorski(Cavi-Music, two CDs)Anatol Ugorski's international career was launched suddenly and belatedly in 1992, at the age of 50, when he and his family emigrated from St Petersburg to Germany. He began to make discs for Deutsche Grammophon and... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonPaul Lewis's traversal of all five of Beethoven's piano concertos during the Proms season – apparently the first by a single artist – began with a double dose: the First and Fourth Concertos, with the BBC Symphony and con... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - CRACKER and CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN (each led by frontman David Lowery) have both played major roles in the inception of indie, Americana and alt-rock are hitting the road together again beginning on August 19th in Seattle as... more info

The Telegraph — One of the most perceptive and communicative of Beethoven interpreters, who is able to convey its sparks of joie de vivre. Rating: * * * * more info

Guardian Music — Llangennith Church, GowerThe Warsaw-based Royal Quartet have made their mark in Britain in recent years, notably as BBC Radio 3 Young Generation artists. Yet, in this opening concert of the Gower festival, the pressures of being such a busy and sough... more info

Guardian Music — David Nice writes: A year ago, I phoned to speak to Sir Charles Mackerras (obituary, 16 July), and Lady Mackerras told me candidly that he was receiving treatment for myeloma. So I prepared for the worst; and yet, what a year of vintage Mackerras per... more info

Guardian Music — Llandeilo Fawr, CarmarthenshirePianist Llyr Williams is tackling the Beethoven sonata cycle over one year in a series of concerts at Perth Concert Hall, but other venues are reaping the occasional benefit, too. The Llandeilo festival was one of the ... more info

All About Jazz — MUSICAL revolutions often come in generous portions. Think of Monteverdi's operas; Beethoven's "Eroica" and Ninth Symphonies, C sharp minor Quartet and "Hammerklavier" Sonata; and Wagner's "Ring" cycle and "Parsifal." Compared to those monuments, ... more info