Parsifal review – reconciliation rather than redemption as Wagner staging focuses on family over faith

Jetske Mijnssen’s production of Wagner’s opera – the festival’s first – bypasses much of its mysticism and magic, but it is moving and musically very special

BBCNOW/Widmann review – explosive, inquisitive and exhilarating concerto is a family affair

Jörg Widmann conducted his own concerto with dynamism alongside virtuosic playing from his sister Carolin, while the BBCNOW were on incendiary form for Mendelssohn and Mozart

Anna Lapwood review – charismatic organist has a packed Royal Albert Hall eating out of her hand

The social media star allies her virtuosity in pieces written for her by Kristina Arakelyan and Max Richter with movie soundtracks and an infectiously winning enthusiasm

LSO/Dudamel/Rebeka review – relentless orchestral fireworks and bright moments

Starry conductor Gustavo Dudamel’s appearance with the London Symphony Orchestra saw Strauss and Ravel given explosive power but limited depth

For Dieter: Hommage à Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau album review – a heartfelt tribute to a lieder legend

The great baritone’s final student emulates his late mentor’s attention to verbal and musical detail in a 32-song centenary homage featuring plenty of Schubert

Scriabin: Vers la Flamme album review – Sudbin masters and humanises fourth and 10th sonatas

The pianist showcases Scriabin’s creative journey from Chopinesque preludes to utterly original modernism, shining bright in his exquisite treatment of the early works

Trial by Jury/A Matter of Misconduct! review – gags and Spads in Scottish Opera’s sparkling double bill

Gilbert and Sullivan’s 150-year-old comic opera gets a lively update, while there is plenty of fun to be had at the expense of politicians in Toby Hessian’s pacy new operetta

Giulio Cesare review – concert staging with plenty of sublime, and ridiculous, moments

Harry Bicket and the English Concert’s performance of Handel’s opera was full of compelling performances, most notably Louise Alder’s Cleopatra, Christophe Dumaux’s Caesar and John Holiday’s Ptolemy

Grisey: Vortex Temporum album review – bold, assertive interpretation of a masterly score

Gérard Grisey’s extraordinary expressive work, performed here by Ukraine’s leading new-music group, is one of the finest compositions of the late 20th century

Brahms: Complete Symphonies album review – period-instrument plushness with modern-instrument refinement

In recordings taken from live performances, John Eliot Gardiner conducts the RCO in taut and purposeful readings

The Excursions of Mr Brouček review – Simon Rattle embraces Janáček’s baffling but beautiful opera

Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra’s survey of Janáček’s operas arrives at the zany Mr Brouček. With Peter Hoare in the lead role and the likes of Lucy Crowe and Aleš Briscein, the performances could not be bettered

BBCNOW/MacMillan/Childs review – James MacMillan’s nostalgic celebration of the euphonium

The composer conducted his new work Where the Lugar Meets the Glaisnock, beautifully played by the virtuosic David Childs

Pimpinone review – hot-to-trot comic opera from the underperformed Telemann

Isabela Díaz has great fun as chambermaid Vespetta and Grisha Martirosyan is laugh-out-loud funny as nice-but-dim Pimpinone in a tale of sexual politics not a million miles from our own time

Britten Sinfonia/Sinfonia Smith Square review – quiet fervour and formal grace

Conducting duties were shared between Nicholas Daniel and Benjamin Nicholas in a sombre and moving programme whose main work was Messiaen’s great memorial to the dead of both world wars

Elgar: The Kingdom review – respectful and admirable, but this is still a work hard to love

An excellent choir and impressive soloists do justice to Elgar’s rather inert oratorio but don’t quite match existing recordings