Totally Fuzzy — Following its release on coloured 12” vinyl as part of the Record Store Day celebrations, Domino is happy to announce the full release of Franz Ferdinand – Covers EP on Monday the 2nd of May 2011, now available on CD & black vinyl for the first ... more info

Guardian Music — Renowned flautist Sir James Galway will perform in concert with the Brandenburg Sinfonia in London on Monday 30 May. Extra members can win one of three pairs of tickets to the concertSir James Galway, along with the Brandenburg Sinfonia, will perform... more info

The Telegraph — Middle C, like all measurements, is not fixed - from ancient China to Mozart, the way we 'count' keeps changing, writes Steve Jones. more info

Guardian Music — Philharmonic Hall, LiverpoolMendelssohn, it would seem, blew hot and cold about opera, a genre associated with his youth. He wrote five, completing the last and best-known, Die Hochzeit des Camacho, when he was 16. But he also lived in an era when op... more info

Guardian Music — London Symphony Orchestra's label, LSO Live, is an inspiration for other orchestras, but does more autonomy over releases mean too much of a good thing?On 12 April, the London Symphony Orchestra's LSO Live label picked up the Disc of the Year gong a... more info

Guardian Music — Get 2 for 1 tickets to see Lorin Maazel conduct the Philharmonia Orchestra when they perform Mahler's Symphony No. 4 at Colston Hall. This concert is part of the Philharmonia's Mahler FestivalThis year, the work of the composer Mahler is being celebr... more info

Guardian Music — The Russian soprano reveals why fame hasn't stopped her from feeling victimised and what prompted her to audition for the Boshoi chorus aged eightIn 2005, after winning the Maria Callas Grand Prix in Athens, the Russian soprano Marina Poplavskaya was... more info

Guardian Music — 'Chopin's style changed and I've probably changed my way of playing him. I've had a very long relationship with this music'The pianist Charles Rosen released his first Chopin recording in 1960. It included one of the late nocturnes, opus 62 no 1, wri... more info

Guardian Music — Elysium III are a trio of mezzo sopranos who put the classical into classic rock. And manage brilliantly to upset fans of bothI know what you're thinking. You're thinking: "Yeah, sure, music's great at the moment, wonderfully varied and with the extr... more info

Guardian Music — Classical music has thrived on the erotic impulse, but a new work by Louis Andriessen still breaks sexual taboos, says Marshall Marcus'Your lips, O my spouse, drip as the honeycomb, honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garm... more info