An orchestra may not be able to bring peace but it can at least help foster understanding, believes Daniel Barenboim. The outspoken advocate for reconciliation in the Middle East, and committed music educator, talks to Clive Paget as he prepares to visit Australia for the first time since 1970.

Gardiner's Berlioz generates a charge, while Simon Callow helps the Symphonie Fantastique's sequel fly again.

Whiskey and opera: the perfect combination for a chilling site-specific performance in a cemetery.

Engaging Andriessen, turbo-charged Rachmaninov, and Robertson's Sibelius is even better second time around.

Renée Fleming denies she’s calling time on her opera career, but she charmed in Carousel and has just released a Broadway album. As for taking on another musical theatre role, it’s a case of “stay tuned”.

Despite some melting moments, Kaufmann's Viennese fancy leaves you wanting more.

How the Glaswegian pianist and serial husband became classical music’s Henry VIII.

Renée Fleming and Audra McDonald add sparkle to Michael Tilson Thomas's easy-going opening.

A fiercely authentic Benjamin Bagby enthralls with an ancient tale of heroes and horrors from the Northlands.

Test cantatas and a minor masterpiece see light at last.

Rossini’s Full Monty: Opera Rara restores a mature masterpiece in toto.

The British conductor talks to us about Mozart in London, Limelight's Recording of the Month in September.