Guardian Music — British producer Stephen Evans hopes First Night, his film inspired by Mozart's CosÌ Fan Tutte, will start a trendThe producer who inspired a fashion for Shakespeare in recent British cinema now plans to bring the operatic work of Mozart to mainstre... more info

Guardian Music — (Sony)Richard Strauss's lovely, escapist oboe concerto, begun in the last days of the war for American oboist John de Lancie, has a Mozartian lightness and grace, captured here by François Leleux in playing that is not overpressured but lyrical and ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Levin said... Roger Miller - King of the Road - EP (1965) Sky - Mozart (1988) Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal (1986)FLAC Csík zenekar - Be sok eső, be sok sár (2004) R.E.M. - Out of Time (1991)FLAC k. d. lang - Hymns of the 49th Parallel (2004) ... more info

Guardian Music — Queen's Hall, EdinburghPiotr Anderszewski is an intriguing pianist, intense and introspected to watch and mesmerising to listen to for his peculiar originality. His performances aren't particularly relaxing – if you were after pretty and predictabl... more info

Guardian Music — Beard, Borosini and Fabri are three 18th-century singers who match the character and flourish of our own more familiar Pavarotti, Domingo and Carreras, says tenor Ian BostridgeOne of the greatest excitements of the period-performance movement in baro... more info

Guardian Music — Wigmore Hall, LondonCanadian tenor Michael Schade's recital with Malcolm Martineau formed part of the Wigmore Hall's Decade by Decade series, which chronologically re-examines the development of German lieder. Schade was allotted the years 1810 to 18... more info

Guardian Music — First as Felt, then as Denim, Birmingham's Lawrence had hype, talent and was tipped for stardom. Here's how it all went wrongThe point at which Britpop became a movement rather than just a notion could be in April 1993, when Select magazine put Suede... more info

Guardian Music — From Bach to Björk, and Mozart to metal, the cello's dark, majestic undertow runs through popular musicWhat is it? The most resonant voice in the strings section, the cello has been described as the instrument that most closely corresponds to the hu... more info

Guardian Music — Watch samples of Alfred Brendel's best work, chosen from the composers with whom he's most closely associatedSince the 1950s, Alfred Brendel has been one of the most prolific recording and concert artists in the world. He has just been honoured with ... more info

Guardian Music — The 'new, improved' Simon Cowell is still light years away from understanding great musicIt's funny and awful watching how the sneaky Simon Cowell has tweaked himself this year, physically and conceptually. He's sliding through certain changes that a... more info