Guardian Music — Admired by Radiohead, friend of Godard, Manfred Eicher is the founder of ECM, one of the most successful jazz labels in the world. He tells Richard Williams how he has survived the virtual disintegration of the music industryOn his desk lie a John Ch... more info

The Telegraph — Paul Lewis (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond Ji?í B?lohlávek. Rating: * * * * * more info

Guardian Music — Dusinberre/Korevaar(Decca)Edward Dusinberre brings the same wonderfully subtle and intensely musical qualities to these two violin sonatas as he does to Beethoven's quartets in his day job as leader of the peerless Takács Quartet. There's no suggest... more info

Guardian Music — Symphonies don't come any bigger than Mahler's Eighth, which opens this year's Proms. But, writes Tom Service, his ode to the universe was rooted in the most private of passionsThere are so many musicians on stage, you can hardly see the conductor in... 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 — Think before you tweet. Last Thursday, Welsh tenor Wynne Evans, the voice of the Go Compare adverts, was booked to sing the Beethoven Mass in C and the final scene from Fidelio with the London Concert Choir. Two days before, he informed the world: "B... more info

Guardian Music — Will listeners, never mind the musicians, survive as Martyn Brabbins conducts the Salomon Orchestra through all nine Beethoven symphonies in a single day?One of the greatest achievements of western music, performed complete in concert this weekend, a... 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 — Composer David Cope has spent the last 30 years teaching computers to create classical music • Hear an example from David Cope's Emily Howell project• Download an Emmy Bach-style inventionWhere does music come from? If pressed on this question, m... more info

Guardian Music — The Guardian's critics will be reviewing every Prom this year. We asked them to pick the one to see, the one to miss and the one that should have been programmedErica JealOne thing I've always liked about the Proms is how generous it is towards the d... more info