GBSR Duo: For Philip Guston review – Feldman’s marathon minimalism rewards deep listening

At over four hours without a break, Morton Feldman’s work dedicated to his artist friend is challenging, but in a rare live performance, the concentration of its performers made it an unforgettable experiencence

BBCSO/Schuldt review – Phibbs cello concerto brings cohesion to uneven programme

Clemens Schuldt kept the volume high in an inconsistent evening in which the BBC Symphony Orchestra ranged across Tchaikovsky’s Hamlet, Mel Bonis’s Ophélie and a suite from Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier

Death of Gesualdo review – a creepy and compelling combination of beauty and horror

The twisted life and sublime music of the murderous Renaissance composer is examined with style

CBSO/Yamada review – Moore’s trombone adventures into Fujikura’s sonic oceans

Dai Fujikura’s elusive trombone concerto was given its UK premiere by Peter Moore, who made its colours and textures sing; a persuasive but perhaps too sunny reading of Mahler’s first symphony followed in the concert’s second half

Brahms: Late Piano Works album review – Anderszewski leans into the sorrow of these intimate miniatures

Darkness hangs over a fluid and distinctively emotional take on a dozen introspective works

Igor Stravinsky: Late Works album review – kudos to Reuss for bringing this spellbinding music to life

Noord Nederlands Orkest and Cappella Amsterdam breathe colour and light into work from the composer’s most austere period

The Makropulos Affair review – Simon Rattle leads a sensational and thrilling semi-staging

The tension barely let up for two hours as Rattle led the London Symphony Orchestra and a commanding cast through this vital account of Janáček’s opera.

Are ‘Friends’ Electric? review – Elaine Mitchener redefines what singing means in virtuoso tour-de-force

The vocalist travels the full spectrum of the human voice, from subdued sounds of mouth and breath to an exhilarating remix of her own hyper-exuberant electronic soundscape

An English Song Winterreise review – Roderick Williams masterfully mirrors Schubert’s iconic song cycle

The baritone has refined his playlist to include Vaughan Williams, Ina Boyle and Gerald Finzi, lending this enthralling cycle deeper melancholy than the original

BBCNOW/ Bancroft/ Gerhardt review – intriguing connections, magic and melancholy beauty

An imaginatively programmed concert featured Anders Hillborg alongside Sibelius and Shostakovich – with Alban Gerhardt the impeccable soloist in the latter’s second cello concerto

In Search of Youkali album review – Katie Bray is outstanding in this voyage around Weill

The easy fluency of Bray and pianist William Vann guides us through familiar and less well known Kurt Weill songs with the haunting Youkali as the lodestar on our journey

Eric Lu: Schubert Impromptus album review – mature and mesmerising

In this recording of the eight Impromptus, some of Schubert’s most profound music, Lu cements his place as a serious talent

Brendel is celebrated in a glorious musical evening of silliness, sublime playing and warm affection

On what would have been Alfred Brendel’s 95th birthday, some of the world’s greatest musicians performed in a relaxed and joyous celebration of an outstanding musician and benevolent mentor

Shimmer review – National Youth Orchestra welcome the new year in bracing, stylish style

In a programme of early 20th- and 21st-century music, it was in the contemporary works that the new cohort of teenagers were most impressive

Boulanger: La Ville Morte album review – The celebrated teacher’s early opera is brought back to life

This early work by Nadia Boulanger - better known as the influential teacher – was never performed and survived only in vocal score. Despite the best efforts of conductor Neal Goren and his hard-working cast it never quite coheres