Guardian Music — City Halls, GlasgowThe New-Zealand-born composer Lyell Cresswell has lived in Edinburgh since the early 1980s and has written regularly for the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. His latest piece for them, a triple concerto premiered here with the Swiss Pia... more info

Guardian Music — Holywell Music Room, OxfordA lineup that includes eye-catching appearances by international-class singers alongside concerts involving those still on the threshold of their careers has become the reliable recipe for the Oxford Lieder festival. This y... more info

Guardian Music — Company will stage full UK premieres of five works over next five years, including Richard Ayres's Peter Pan and Jonathan Harvey's Wagner DreamWelsh National Opera today announced a new series of contemporary operas, British Firsts. Five works, all b... more info

Guardian Music — Baltimore Symphony/Alsop (Naxos)Acknowledged during his life as one of the all-time greats, Italian conductor Guido Cantelli was killed, aged only 36, in a plane crash in Paris in 1956. His discography was small, so this release of a BBC broadcast of... more info

Guardian Music — La Mer Philharmonia/Cantelli (ICA) Acknowledged during his life as one of the all-time greats, Italian conductor Guido Cantelli was killed, aged only 36, in a plane crash in Paris in 1956. His discography was small, so this release of a BBC broadcast... more info

Guardian Music — Usher Hall, EdinburghIt's early days yet in the relationship between the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and its new music director, Peter Oundjian. But this disappointing 2012-13 season opener – their first concert together since he officially t... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Scottish National Orchestra/ Märkl(Naxos)Sails flap idly on calm seas, cool breezes dance across plains, snow lies thick on the ground – we are in the poetic landscape of Debussy's delicate Préludes for piano, orchestrated with a vibrant pa... more info

Guardian Music — Coliseum, LondonWhat is generally regarded as Martinů's finest opera had to wait 40 years for its British premiere, until the New Opera Company staged it at the Coliseum in 1978. There was another production at Opera North in 1997, and now Julietta ... more info

Guardian Music — Nicky Campbell joins Lang Lang in celebration of instrument that coincides with Leeds International Piano CompetitionThe presenters Nicky Campbell, Jane Garvey and Shaun Keaveny are among those to be transformed from complete novices to concert music... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonWhen Martin Taylor and Guy Barker talk about their Spirit of Django Suite they like to point out that the music should "reek of nostalgia". On the Proms premiere of this Django Reinhardt-dedicated guitar concerto – performe... more info