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Renée Fleming should sprinkle some stardust

04.11.09
Not content to rest on her laurels, the American soprano Renée Fleming has been investigating unfamiliar repertoire in recent years.... more

A tired Sleeping Beauty

17.08.09
Closing its London visit with The Sleeping Beauty should be a hit for the Mariinsky. However, it felt a bit thin with the tired 1952 Sergeyev production not a patch on the fabulous 1999 version ... more

Emotion milked to gratifiying effect with Karabits

11.08.09
The latest instalment of the Stravinsky ballet cycle was offered by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under Kirill Karabits. ... more

Andris Nelsons conducts spine-tingling Proms show

29.07.09
Andris Nelsons, the highly talented Latvian conductor now in charge of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, made a fantastic Proms debut.... more

Glorious opening for Proms with Belohlavek

20.07.09
The opening night of the Proms 2009 was a fair token of a season that will include Goldie, Jonny Greenwood and and an Indian Voices Day.... more

Carnival of classics is an ode to joy

15.04.09
The Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela brought the Latin American carnival to the South Bank.... more

CDs of the week

20.03.09
Pet Shop Boys are having a far-from-fruitful century, Chris Cornell releases Scream and Gareth Williams leads his Power Trio.... more

Best CDs of 2008

19.12.08
From funk to fado, our critics round up the albums of the year.... more

Tsars are the real stars in V&A

11.12.08
In the V&A's costume court, the Magnificence of the Tsars show is deeply satisfying. Even better, every garment is for a man.... more

Flowing blonde on cello in Brodsky Quartet

30.10.08
The Brodsky Quartet play with familiar empathy. Three of them have been together since student days nearly three decades ago. ... more

Exquisitely played music in Iolanta

27.10.08
The orchestral introduction Iolanta, in a stroke of genius, features a plangent wind and horn chorus, the lack of consoling strings a powerful metaphor of absence. ... more

No mystery for Otaka

05.09.08
The dark melancholy and doomed passion of the first and last movement of Tchaikovsky's Pathétique Symphony passed Tadaaki Otaka by.... more

End of an era for Gatti

26.08.08
Fire and concentration made explosive magic of Daniele Gatti's last Prom as music director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.... more

Fairytale in full

21.08.08
The first complete performance at this year's Proms, Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty, was done ravishingly, says Barry Millington... more

Classic takes a tumble in Swan Lake

06.08.08
You may find this hard to believe but there's an acrobatic version of Swan Lake at the Opera House and it's easily the best show in town ... more

Shame about the dame in Solyom's show

05.08.08
Stefan Solyom, the BBCSSO's young Swedish associate guest conductor, drew increasingly energetic and committed playing from the orchestra.... more

Knight of passion in the park with Iolanta

04.08.08
Wonderful though the music is, characterisation is wooden in Tchaikovsky's one act Iolanta, says Fiona Maddocks.... more

Tchaikovsky is well served

22.05.08
The latest revival of Eugene Onegin hasn't quite mustered the luxury casting of some in the past, yet it remains one of Glyndebourne's finest current stagings.... more

High intensity from Gergiev

25.02.08
Valery Gergiev's performance with the Vienna Philharmonic was a reading of characteristic emotional intensity.... more

The gym bunnies will love it

31.01.08
Teenagers and gym bunnies will thrill to the energy of Amjad, but even they will weary of the same idea repeated over and over for an hour and three-quarters.... more

Poignant undertow helps crack the nut

10.12.07
The seasonal ballet staple, The Nutcracker, is a gentle, true and elegant performance, powerful and serious enough to bring a lump to the throat.... more

Access all arias

22.05.07
The Royal Opera House's free, open-air screenings of ballet and opera have become essential events. This summer there are a trio of classics to choose from.... more

Seething with tension

16.03.07
James Conway's new production of Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin allows social tension to seethe below the surface, while never becoming a merely sentimental journey. ... more

A pleasure for all

06.03.07
The Royal Academy of Music's double-bill pleased the audience with nimble productions by Orpha Phelan and no shortage of youthful promise from all over the world.... more

A brisk canter on a venerable warhorse

09.02.07
This Philharmonia programme desperately needed either a charismatic conductor or a revelatory soloist for the Grieg. It had neither, says Barry Millington. ... more

Take me out: best events

01.02.07
There's a second chance to see reggae musical The Harder They Come, there'll be an interactive performance of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake in Trafalgar Square and Hot Fuzztival gets underway.... more

So much more than schmaltz

25.01.07
Fiona Maddocks rebutes claims that Tchaikovsky's music is merely decorative and devoid of deeper meaning, arguing such a view is outdated.... more

Honesty catches Chopin's essence

24.01.07
Russian pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja's playing is direct, honest and unvarnished, says Barry Millington. For those prepared to meet her halfway the rewards are considerable.... more

Queen of Spades makes a welcome return

14.11.06
Francesca Zambello's staging of Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades returns to Covent Garden with a degree more clarity than when new in 2001, says Fiona Maddocks.... more

Little pleasure from perversity

05.09.06
After the cancellation of Sunday's concert the Philadelphia Orchestra redoubled its efforts. And though they sounded great, their interpretations left a little to be desired... more

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