Guardian Music — Tenor Jonas Kaufmann has everything: the looks, the voice and the ambition. Now he's coming to London to spread what he calls 'the opera virus'With his matinee idol looks, unruly dark curls and come-to-bed eyes, he's won the hearts of legions of fans... more info

Guardian Music — Singer from Harlem, New York, goes straight to top of UK chart with his debut albumA tenor singer from Harlem, New York, who used to be a receptionist at the city's famous Carnegie Hall, has become the first black singer to top the UK classical album... more info

Guardian Music — (Concord)The 40-year-old piano/vibraphone partnership of Chick Corea and Gary Burton returns with new variations on composers from Art Tatum to Tadd Dameron, Jobim, Brubeck and McCartney. Corea and Burton are devotees of the shapely, symmetrical and ... more info

Guardian Music — Radio 3's all-encompassing tribute to Schubert was audacious, serious and luxuriant – but by midweek I was yearning to listen to something elseOver eight days and for more than 200 hours of continuous broadcasting, The Spirit of Schubert is current... more info

Guardian Music — Originally published in the Guardian on 28 March 1977: The late Jim Reeves has become the object of a growing - often macabre - hero worshipThe Jim Reeves Fan Club will hold its annual convention at Harrogate next week to pay homage to the memory of ... more info

Guardian Music — Why I'm learning to bake Schubert strudelIf you've been listening to Radio 3 over the weekend, you'll now be fully immersed in the music of Franz Schubert. The station's latest complete-works survey of a major composer follows seasons on Beethoven, B... more info

Guardian Music — Nuria Rial (soprano), La Floridiana/Paraschivescu(Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)Marianna Martines, one of the most celebrated Viennese performers and composers of her day, died 200 years ago, an anniversary that offers an opportunity to reassess her output... more info

Guardian Music — Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro and Ravel double bill among works to be streamed live from Sussex festival after successful trialThe Guardian is to broadcast six operas from the Glyndebourne festival in Sussex this summer.Following a successful experimen... more info

Guardian Music — Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro and Ravel double bill among works to be streamed live from Sussex festival after successful trialThe Guardian is to broadcast six operas from the Glyndebourne festival in Sussex this summer.Following a successful experimen... more info

Guardian Music — Symphony Hall, BirminghamThe prospering closeness between the Hallé and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra is proving to everyone's advantage. Here was the Hallé giving a concert in Symphony Hall while Andris Nelsons and his orchestra contin... more info