Guardian Music — St George's, BristolThis month marks the start of Paul Lewis's two-year-long, worldwide Schubert project: piano music from 1822 to 1828, the composer's last six years. In this recital, it was apparent that not only has Lewis's extended immersion in B... more info

Guardian Music — Hyperion (99 CDs)Completism gone mad? 7,255 minutes 25 seconds of Liszt – carefully described as "every known note" of his piano music, since forgotten manuscripts still turn up in sale rooms – should be enough for most tastes. Leslie Howard, dis... more info

Mercury News, California — The soloists -- cellist Alisa Weilerstein, violinist Chee-Yun and pianist Jeremy Denk -- brought energy and finesse to this all-Beethoven program, continuing through Saturday, by the San Francisco Symphony. more info

Guardian Music — Customers are the winners in the classical price-cutting craze, but some of the repackaging could do with a makeoverI've just bought Furtwängler's Rome recording of Wagner's Ring for less than £40. I never know how it makes economic sense for EMI, ... more info

USA Today Music — The frontman of Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker returns with his first solo album. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker frontman David Lowery releases his solo debut tomorrow, The Palace Guards. Though not as studded with high profile indie rock albums as last week's music release list, this week has several standouts I can... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, London"A five-recital pilgrimage through the piano repertoire from Bach to the 20th century" is the subtitle of the Pollini Project. But these Festival Hall programmes seem to be as much about reflecting on the career of one of t... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonThe last of Mahler's completed symphonies, the Ninth was premiered 13 months after his death, and its references to Beethoven's Les Adieux sonata and Johann Strauss's waltz Enjoy Life have added to its reputation as one of music's gre... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican; King's Head, both LondonAn orchestra reveals much about itself from the way it tunes up: not the mere technicality of fixing the note but the onstage atmosphere in those moments before kick-off. The Los Angeles Philharmonic, fiddling and bl... more info

Guardian Music — Venezuelan conductor holds inspiring rehearsal with children from east London community music projectsYou can tell it is not an ordinary rehearsal. In the converted church of St Luke's, the London Symphony Orchestra's education centre near the Barbic... more info