Steven Isserlis brings his trademark elegance, purity and focus to punchy, period aware performances.

Josep Pons and Matthias Goerne serve up a fascinating musical celebration of a pair of seemingly strange bedfellows.

The Heath Quartet's thoughtful and inspired new cycle of Bartók's string quartets gets to the heart of darkness.

Krystian Zimerman delivers five-star performances of a pair of Schubert's magnificent late masterworks.

Ravel's lesser-known operatic jewel is perfectly cast, lovingly conducted and all in the best possible taste.

The Canadian violinist reveals the importance of Elgar in his life and why Respighi isn’t for the living room. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

The British maestro on climbing the mountain, the lessons of history and avoiding chauffeur-driven limo Beethoven. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Poetry and pyrotechnics are perfectly combined in Daniil Trifonov’s five-star pianistic triumph. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Sir Simon’s new Berlin cycle on the orchestra’s home label combines the HIP with a roundly Romantic underbelly. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

The critics have spoken and the results are in. Here are Limelight's five top recordings of 2015.

It’s the time of year when many of us in the media enjoy letting our heads swivel back and forth, Janus-like, over the old year and the new.

Here are our shortlists of the 25 albums of 2015 rated most highly by our critics. But which will come out on top?