Guardian Music — At home in everything from Handel to Gilbert & Sullivan, Mackerras was a man of exceptionally wide-ranging musical sympathies. Here are my favourite discs – what are yours?Few great conductors of the last 50 years had wider musical sympathies than ... more info

Guardian Music — A visionary interpreter whose ferocity and intensity gave his performances of Beethoven and Janáček an incendiary powerCharles Mackerras would have hated anyone eulogising about his greatness or importance. He was the least self-regarding conductor... more info

Guardian Music — Australian conductor known as an authority on Czech music and Mozart dies in London, aged 84The Australian conductor Sir Charles Mackerras, who led the opening concert at the Sydney Opera House, has died in London at the age of 84.Sir Charles, who wa... more info

Guardian Music — Strathpeffer PavilionIn Strathpeffer on the first leg of a three-concert Highland tour, the SCO performed Beethoven, Hartmann and Mozart under the direction of guest leader Alexander Janiczek. The SCO is known for the flexibility of its playing – i... more info

Guardian Music — Càsola/Musikkollegium Winterthur/Boyd(Sony)Fabio da Càsola's recording of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto with Douglas Boyd and the Musikkollegium Winterthur might not be to everyone's taste. The piece itself is often casually described as operatic, l... more info

Guardian Music — Fans and historians can now chart the changing face of the Proms and the evolution of musical taste down the yearsWhen Jirí Belohlávek gives the downbeat to launch the 2010 BBC Proms next week, he will be conducting the 7,169th concert in a series ... more info

Topix — In this Nov. 1962 file photo, Soprano Leontyne Price, right, and Cesare Siepi are seen in the opening scene of Mozart's great opera "Don Giovanni," in New York. more info

All About Jazz — Siepi appeared in nearly 500 performances with the Metropolitan Opera. His interpretation of Mozart's rakish Don Giovanni was widely praised for its charm, wit and seductive power. The celebrated Italian bass singer who won over audiences worldwide i... more info

Guardian Music — Italian bass renowned for his portrayal of Mozart's Don GiovanniDuring the 1950s and 60s, Cesare Siepi, who has died aged 87, was the most sought-after of Italian basses, renowned for his Don Giovanni, a role he undertook in most of the world's major... more info

Guardian Music — Glyndebourne Opera HouseWith his new production of Don Giovanni for Glyndebourne, Jonathan Kent has achieved the near impossible. Out of what is one of the most dramatically compelling, psychologically complex and morally ambiguous operas ever writte... more info