The British conductor talks benchmarks, challenges and orchestral relationships.

The BBC said she wasn't a composer. How wrong can you get?

Famed Prague-based classical label the latest to come under transnational corporate control.

This month features a Kurt Weill trifecta, idiomatic Dvořák symphonies from the Czech Phil, a major Joshua Bell rediscovery and a radical take on Mozart’s Requiem.

The Neave Trio explores cultural and emotional roots from Smetana to Frank Martin.

Klaus Heymann, head of the Hong Kong-based Naxos Music Group, buys out pioneering UK indie label.

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s ground breaker gets ground-breaking treatment.

Golden, but not so old: the Brodsky Quartet celebrates its 50th in style.

Vaughan Williams’ 150th tops and tails this month’s new classical albums, plus the latest from the Danish String Quartet, a classic Bryn Terfel recital and a heartfelt new Traviata.

John Wilson finesses a minor composer with a major voice.

A promising start to a musical journey promising seriousness and humour along the way.

Arcadia Quartet violist Traian Boală talks to Clive Paget about the second volume of Mieczysław Weinberg's String Quartets.