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Dido

Off the record

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Music Tadaaki Otaka

No mystery for Otaka

The dark melancholy and doomed passion of the first and last movement of Tchaikovsky's Pathétique Symphony passed Tadaaki Otaka by... more |  Add your review 

 
Music Metallica

CDs of the week

Joan Baez continues to keep her hand in with protest songs, Metallica won't gain new fans and Glasvegas bring out the debut album of the year... more |  Add your view 

 
Music Simon Rattle

Insights into old masters at Proms

A mark of great performances is that they enable one to see things in a new light. The Berlin Philharmonic offered two such revelations... more |  Add your review 

 

Hard Rock Calling

Sting See who took to the stage for Hard Rock Calling at Hyde Park

Gateway to the stars

Jupiter Richard Godwin takes an astronomy lesson at the Hampstead Observatory
Music Sabrina Malherios

Sabrina Malheiros is born to bossa

Sabrina Malheiros grew more endearing and her voice more resonant as her surprisingly intimate debut UK set progressed... more |  Add your review 

 
Music Neon

Neon are Shining examples

Neon may not offer anything blindingly radical, yet their outstanding quality as writers and improvisers guarantees dazzling moments... more |  Add your review 

 
Music Simon Rattle

Rattle as fresh as ever

The cheers began even before Sir Simon Rattle had walked through the orchestra, rightly judged the best in the world, and mounted the podium... more |  Add your review 

 

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Music Jugendorchester

Compelled to listen to Jugendorchester

The Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester won over a spellbound Albert Hall through sheer vitality, panache and brilliance... more |  Add your review 

 
Music Rolldeep

Rolldeep is real garage band

Best known for The Avenue, their poppy 2005 hit, Rolldeep are riding the crest of the closest London has to a musical wave... more |  Add your review 

 
Music REM

REM still a force to be reckoned with

They may have over-reached themselves on this stadium tour, but REM didn't let a few empty seats affect their assured two-hour set... more |  Add your review 

 
Music Lang Lang

Lang Lang is china's music hero

He's received China's ultimate honour: a panda named after him. At 26, pianist Lang Lang is the superstar face of ascendant China... more |  Add your review 

 
Music Maazel

Stravinsky loses his savagery in this rite

Nearly a century after the scandal of the first performance of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, the work holds few terrors for audiences, orchestras or conductors... more |  Add your review 

 
Music Brian Wilson

CDs of the week

Brian Wilson rehashes the Beach Boys, James Yorkston puts out a hypnotic album and Charles Lloyd is captured on record... more |  Add your view 

 
Music Portico Quartet

Off the record

Portico Quartet are the surprise on this year's album of the year shortlist, and their vibrant sound could make them the winners in 10 days' time... more |  Add your view 

 
Music Susanna Mälkki

Violins thrill at Eötvös premiere

Eötvös's two-movement elegy launches straight in on high, with stratospheric violin textures offset by ensemble sounds... more |  Add your review 

 
 


 
 
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