New York Times — Ms. Bullock, an exceptional new talent, presents a Ravel cycle and a New York premiere, while Ms. Connolly delivers a recital of Copland, Berlioz, Schumann and more. more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonVladimir Jurowski’s unshowy reading of Mahler’s Second Symphony as the composer might have heard it offered a wealth of detail The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment is celebrating its 30th birthday by giving the pe... more info

Starpulse — Sarah Connolly and pianist Steven Osborne were to toast of the classical music world on Tuesday (14May13) after picking up top prizes at the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards in Britain. Mez... more info

Guardian Music — Connolly/Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Jurowski(Signum Classics)In 1888, while he was in the process of completing his First Symphony, Mahler drafted a symphonic poem that he called Totenfeier (Funeral Rites). Though it was originally intende... more info

Guardian Music — Wigmore Hall, LondonMendelssohn's songs and vocal ensembles are grey areas in his output and are rarely programmed alongside those of his contemporaries. They have their admirers, however, among them pianist Eugene Asti, the driving force behind a da... more info

Guardian Music — Ariadne auf Naxos conducted by Vladimir Jurowski, Donizetti's Don Pasquale and Rameau's Hippolyte will feature in the festival's summer season – all filmed and streamed live on the Guardian's websiteNext year's Glyndebourne season will mark an end ... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonQueens, Heroines and Ladykillers is the eye-catching title for a series of concerts in the current Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment season that deal with the presentation of women in baroque and classical opera. Sarah ... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Opera House, LondonThere's a powerfully symbolic moment at the close of the second act of the Royal Opera's Die Walküre, and it wasn't dreamed up by director Keith Warner. Bryn Terfel's Wotan runs through John Tomlinson's Hunding with his spea... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Opera House, LondonIt has been said too often that a complete staging of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen is the hardest thing an opera company can undertake, but it's true – and how. The Royal Opera has just begun its revival of Keith Warner... more info

Guardian Music — (Signum)In the 19th century, Mendelssohn's oratorio became a central work for British choral societies, and, unlike Handel's Messiah, Elijah continues to flourish as a large-scale work, often weighted down by sanctity. But Paul McCreesh here totally ... more info