This month features Spanish Baroque opera, castanets and all, pitch-perfect Mahler from Simon Rattle, and the winner of a notorious song contest (hint: it isn’t Eurovision).

Järvi fuels Orff’s one-off wonder with visceral energy.

Cameron Lam collects the latest releases across Classical, Jazz, and Sound Art in this month’s Australian Art Music playlist.

It’s a family affair as TAV celebrates 30 years of excellence.

Víkingur Ólafsson earns his first Grammy; Caroline Shaw, Gabriela Ortiz, Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil among the winners.

SCC celebrates 50 in style with world premiere works, an international collaboration and cornerstone choral masterpieces.

The trademark sideburns are salt and pepper these days, but Rufus Wainwright's voice and flair for drama remain as pure and powerful as ever.

An exuberant and exultant imagining of another Monteverdi Vespers.

Art musicians including Speak Percussion, Rubiks Collective and Erik Griswold receive a boost to take original works around the country.

What do our orchestras and choirs have on offer in the year ahead?

Essential holiday listening includes a Britten rarity, stunning recordings of Elgar and Tippett, a pair of oddball operas, and three outstanding discs of orchestral music by women.

Vocal ensemble Sjaella, UK pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and Latvian stars The Balanas Sisters among the Snow Concert Hall's drawcards.