Exclusive interview: Hilary Hahn
Richard Morrison meets the outstanding young American violinist. Plus you can hear her perform Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 4 on your free cover CD!
Nikolaj Znaider
The violinist on using the 'right' instrument for his recording of Elgar's Violin Concerto
Unexpected composers
The famous writers, poets, scientists, actors and politicians who also penned music
Alexander Scriabin
Russian virtuoso pianist Yevgeny Sudbin writes exclusively about his composing hero
The dazzling American violinist Hilary Hahn performs Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 4 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sir Andrew Davis. Meanwhile violinist Andrew Haveron raises his bow for Korngold's Violin Concerto in D, again with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, this time under the baton of Jiři Bĕlohlávek.
Wagner: Parsifal
Mariinsky Orchestra & Chorus/Valery Gergiev
'Gergiev's reading evokes a rapt quality and an authentic spirituality'
Ireland: Violin Sonatas Nos 1 & 2; Cello Sonata
Lucy Gould (violin), Alice Neary (cello), Benjamin Frith (piano)
'Ireland's passionate Violin Sonatas are here given splendid advocacy'
Heggie: Songs
Jake Heggie et al
'Jake Heggie's own fluent piano playing supports world-class singers'
Brahms • Chopin • Scriabin: Piano works
Vassily Primakov (piano); dir. David Starobin
'Reveals Primakov as a serious artist with fabulous pianistic skills'
Louis Couperin: Keyboard suites
Christophe Rousset (harpsichord)
'Rousset plays Louis Couperin with energy and dramatic flair'
Larkin's Jazz
Including Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller
'This four-disc set compiled by Philip Larkin authorities is a gem'
Bartók: Piano Concertos
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano); BBC Philharmonic/Gianandrea Noseda
'Exciting and dynamic accounts of Bartók's Piano Concertos'
R Strauss: Scenes from Elektra, Die Frau ohne Schatten & Salome
Atlanta SO/Donald Runnicles
'Christine Brewer sails through these testing Strauss soprano roles'