Guardian Music — Lane(Hyperion)Kasyan/Osnabrück Symphony/Bäumer(CPO)Pianist-composer Eugen d'Albert (1864-1932) is one of classical music's great eccentrics and still controversial in some quarters. Born in Glasgow to Anglo-French parents, he trained in London,... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Capt. Willard said... ERIC CLAPTON'S Rainbow Concert (1973) Clapton's live return from two year exile, with Pete Townshend, Ronnie Wood, Stevie Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Rebop and others. We're posting off the shelf live stuff all week. Listen Before You... more info

L.A. Times - News — A plethora of products and programs - special hot dogs, Bugs Bunny, a parody, seminars - will accompany the production of the massive opera cycle in Los Angeles. Among the eclectic off... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — A plethora of products and programs - special hot dogs, Bugs Bunny, a parody, seminars - will accompany the production of the massive opera cycle in Los Angeles. Among the eclectic off... more info

Guardian Music — Bridgewater Hall, ManchesterCharismatic violinist Nikolaj Znaider is the latest virtuoso instrumentalist to take up conducting, and his concerts with the Hallé marked his UK debut in his new role. He's no novice, however, having been principal gue... more info

Guardian Music — Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic will open festival hit by resignation and apparent suicide attemptTomorrow afternoon, in the august surroundings of Salzburg's Grosses Festspielhaus, Sir Simon Rattle will take up his baton to conduct the ... more info

The Independent — If you have problems with the music of Richard Wagner, you aren't alone. It's almost impossible to take such a controversial genius easily on board for straightforward consumption. more info

The Telegraph — Wolfgang Wagner and Lady Walton, who have both died, nurtured the memory of composers Richard Wagner and William Walton respectively, but in distinctive ways more info

Guardian Music — Wolfgang Wagner's daughters can open a new act in Europe's most remarkable operatic sagaAmong Europe's hereditary rulers in the modern age, only Elizabeth II has managed to retain inherited power so successfully for so long while presenting a benign ... more info

The Independent — Wolfgang Wagner, the grandson of the composer Richard Wagner and the leader of the Bayreuth opera festival for more than half a century, died aged 90 on Sunday. more info