Thomas Adès’s complex new works benefit from the master’s touch.

Love affair with Ludwig started with Mickey Mouse record player.

Karabits’ Weimar forces deliver more incendiary Liszt advocacy.

Birthday surprise: Bezuidenhout delivers vivid period performances.

Let’s hear it at last for “The Ingenious Mr Finger”.

Bartoli beards the most legendary of castrati in his very own baroque den.

Pierre Audi’s minimalist Tristan throws welcome focus on voices.

Nothing rotten in this modern-dress take on Shakespeare’s Dane.

Three sisters, all countertenors, so what’s not to like? Read on...

That’s Amore: Orliński paints a loved-up musical portrait.

A substantial, complex and powerful work which deserves to be heard on the acoustic instruments of a full symphony orchestra

A heady musical journey around turn-of-the-century Vienna.