Guardian Music — Eglwys Teilo Sant, LlandeiloCellist Thomas Carroll and pianist Llŷr Williams first came together as a duo under the auspices of the Young Concert Artists' Trust. That early experience has helped them develop a mutual understanding that combines rich... more info

Guardian Music — I've been helping Radio 6 DJ Steve Lamacq develop a taste for classical music. Do you agree with my three-a-day musical diet?I've been on the Steve Lamacq show on 6 Music this week with an interesting challenge. Lamacq is as much of an ingenue when ... more info

Guardian Music — Nilsson/Vickers/Uhde/Czerwenka/New York Met Orchestra and Chorus/Böhm (Sony, 2 CDs)Another live Fidelio, this time from New York in 1960, and one of the latest releases in Sony's archive series from the Metropolitan Opera. As with the Decca set (see... more info

Guardian Music — Town Hall, CheltenhamRecitals by Leif Ove Andsnes deliver exactly what they promise: immaculate, well-mannered performances in which every chord is perfectly weighted, every dynamic nicely judged and each phrase has a beginning, middle and end. What ... more info

Guardian Music — Various venues, FifeIt's only seven years old, but this is a festival that knows what it's about and does it well. Don't go expecting what they won't have: the programming is unflinchingly trad (in five days of chamber concerts, there were only three... more info

The Vinyl Villain — I'm taking a wee break today from the usual Friday five tracks stuff.Today would have been the 43rd Birthday of my young brother David if he hadn't been killed in a car crash almost 12 months ago.  He was often the life and sould of any gathering he... more info

Guardian Music — (Telarc) Hard on Gary Burton's heels into Ronnie Scott's next week comes the young Japanese pianist Hiromi, one of jazz's most remarkable keyboard virtuosi. Though she can't resist hurtling through a jaw-dropping obstacle race of swing, classical ada... more info

Impose Magazine — Whatever it was that got Ty Segall out of Orange County, god bless it a million times over. The kid belongs far from surf life and trophy wives. He belongs in SF absorbing record collections, testing out Marc Bolan riffs and one-man "Roll Over Beetho... more info

Mercury News, California — Michael Tilson Thomas, tackling this Beethoven choral work for the first time in his long career, made the brisk sections sing, but hit some turbulence in the most rhythmically complex sections during the opening concert Thursday. This program, which... more info

Guardian Music — Once the nation's favourite sound on the wireless, light music is making a finely orchestrated revival. Suzy Klein meets those at the forefront of a finely orchestrated revivalAn orchestra ­shimmers, its golden ­melodies prodding deep ­memories: s... more info