Jansen and Mäkelä negotiate fire, ice, irony and lyricism.

Cologne forces play beautifully but Roth misses Bruckner's anguish.

Barbarity and sophistication abound in Pappano's Russian adventures.

Zimmermann weaves his magic from Stravinsky to Bartók.

Järvi excels once again in rare French ballet music.

Culmination to a distinguished cycle is more a collection of weaker links.

Musicians, friends and family share their memories of a colossus of 20th-century music, now the subject of the Netflix biopic Maestro.

Yuja Wang blazes and dazzles, while maintaining amazing finesse.

Latin American wine, some served in European bottles.

Gamba and co prove there's more to Finnish music than Sibelius.

Nézet-Séguin and his Philadelphians uphold their Rachmaninov tradition, brilliantly.

This cycle hits the highs - both geographically and musically.