CBSO/Nelsons – review

Andris Nelsons opens the City of Birmingham orchestra's new season with a rough and ready pairing of Stravinsky and Wagner, writes Andrew Clements

CBSO/Nelsons – review

Andris Nelsons conjures a thrilling Proms preview featuring Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Dvořák and Johann Strauss II, writes Andrew Clements

CBSO/Nelsons – review

Andris Nelsons packed plenty of punch in Beethoven's Eighth and Ninth Symphonies, writes Andrew Clements

CBSO/Gardner – review

This was a supremely intelligent handling in challenging acoustics of Britten's visceral work, writes Tim Ashley

CBSO/Nelsons – review

Andris Nelsons's superb performance in Scriabin's Poem of Ecstasy urged the music on to one excess after another, writes Andrew Clements

CBSO/Matheuz – review

Diego Matheuz made Enrico Chapela's meditation on astrophysics sound easily digestible, but revealed little of himself in the programme, writes Andrew Clements

CBSO/Volkov – review

The CBSO played Sibelius with fabulous attention to detail, and Steven Osborne dazzled in Britten's Concerto, writes Andrew Clements

CBSO/Nelsons – review

After a cautious start to Beethoven's First Symphony, the CBSO's playing of the Second boded well for the rest of the series, writes Andrew Clements

Weltethos – review

There are some striking moments and the performances are exemplary, but lightening the leaden effects of the words is a thankless task, writes Andrew Clements

CBSO/Nelsons/Halsey/Terfel – review

A velvety-toned Christine Rice made the most of celebratory Elgar, while Bryn Terfel proved the star turn with Puccini, Bizet and Donizetti, writes Andrew Clements

War Requiem – review

Delivering Britten's piece for the cathedral's half-centenary celebrations, Andris Nelsons solved many of its inherent problems, says Andrew Clements