Scissor Sisters; Gossip – review
Scissor Sisters impress most when they're lewd, loud and proud, while Beth Ditto makes the most of a fitful new album, writes Kitty Empire
L’Olympiade: the Opera – review
Sixteen composers join forces in this spirited 18th-century curio from the Venice Baroque, writes Fiona Maddocks
Falstaff; Tallis Scholars – review
A horse called Rupert steals the show in Royal Opera's otherwise largely well-judged Falstaff, writes Fiona Maddocks
Saint-Saëns, Loevendie, Ravel: Piano Trios – review
The classy Van Baerle Trio have learnt from the best, writes Fiona Maddocks
Tom Jones: Spirit in the Room – review
If anyone can sing 'I was born with the gift of a golden voice' with a straight face, it's Tom Jones, says Kitty Empire
Allegri: Missa in lectulo meo; Missa Christus resurgens; Miserere; Motets – review
Little known Allegri works are revived here with warmth and commitment, writes Nicholas Kenyon
Loose Tubes: Säd Afrika – review
This farewell performance from the 1990s captures an anarchic British big band at its chaotic best, says Dave Gelly
Fun: Some Nights – review
There is not a lot of fun to be had on this lyrically vapid, auto-tuned offering, writes Hermione Hoby
Fixers: We’ll Be the Moon – review
The debut from Oxford five-piece Fixers imbues psychedelia with a youthful glow, says Paul Mardles
He is #1: Malawi Mouse Boys – review
Gentle charm oozes from this African vocal troupe, writes Neil Spencer
Cold Specks: I Predict a Graceful Expulsion – review
Al Spx has excited fans with her intriguing strangeness, but some edge is lost in her debut album's elegant production, writes Kitty Empire
This week’s new tracks
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RLPO/Rivas – review
On the strength of his Royal Liverpool Philharmonic debut, 19-year-old Ilyich Rivas is a disconcertingly good conductor, writes Tim Ashley
Janine Jansen string sextet – review
Schubert's String Quintet in C is the Beethoven's Ninth of chamber music – and this was an overwhelming performance of it, writes Martin Kettle
Lynne Arriale: Solo – review
The former classical pianist from Milwaukee has taken a long-postponed plunge into unaccompanied performance, with agreeable results, writes John Fordham
Mawkin: Crow – review
Folk ensemble Mawkin switch to a mostly instrumental set for their latest album, with some guest vocalists providing welcome interjections, writes Robin Denselow
Handel: Esther – review
The Dunedin Consort creates a stylish version of Handel's first English oratorio, with precision and detail that never get in the way of the music, writes Andrew Clements
Various Artists: Beginner’s Guide to Flamenco – review
This is no history lesson but a primer showing how varied flamenco is now, with fusions influenced by Bollywood, Africa and Cuba, writes Robin Denselow
Best Coast: The Only Place – review
Bethany Constantino has ditched her lo-fi sound for something brighter, but her bored-and-lazy slacker shtick is getting, well, boring, writes Jude Rogers
Tom Jones: Spirit in the Room – review
It's hit and miss stuff, but Tom Jones's second 'gravitas rock' album covers plenty of suitably tasteful bases, writes Michael Hann
Hoddinott: Landscapes; The Silver Hound; Towy Landscape, etc – review
If the repetitions and melismata of Hoddinott's English-text setting owes much to Britte, the level of dissonance in his more static accompaniments is much higher, writes Andrew Clements
Soulsavers: The Light the Dead See – review
Soulsavers team up with Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan for a brooding album about demons, death and all the rest, writes Dave Simpson
JBBG – Jazz Bigband Graz: Urban Folktales – review
The set's eclecticism has a borderline-smooth gloss at times, but Urban Folktales is agreeably accessible, writes John Fordham
Schreker: Der Schmied von Gent – review
Schreker's sequence of folk tunes, marches and waltzes, as well as a fugue and a passacaglia, tends to tie itself in knots, writes Andrew Clements
trio VD: Maze – review
This album retains trio VD's frantic hit-and-run staccato structures and howling distortion, but the extremes are even scarier, writes John Fordham
Gaz Coombes Presents: Here Come the Bombs – review
Former Supergrass frontman Gaz Coombes brings out his experimental side on his solo debut, but can't help filling it with tunes, too, writes Caroline Sullivan
Smoke Fairies: Blood Speaks – review
The best bits of Jessica Davies and Katherine Blamire's new album crackle and crash nicely, but parts of it are just too tame, writes Maddy Costa
Feldman: Patterns in a Chromatic Field; Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello – review
The smallest changes of emphasis or pitch become seismic events in both these pieces, writes Andrew Clements
Cold Specks: I Predict a Graceful Expulsion – review
Cold Specks' funereal blues doesn't quite reach the transendence it strives for, writes Rebecca Nicholson
Off!: Off! – review
Cali punks Off!'s debut album isn't as good as their early singles – but then that's something of a hardcore tradition, writes Jamie Thomson
Lighthouse Trio – review
This British trio is an exception – a dynamically democratic jazz organism that has stuck together for a long time, writes John Fordham
DJ Fresh – review
The man behind the first dubstep No 1 emerges tonight as the ultimate host of this sprawling scene with special guests galore, writes Mark Beaumont
The Temper Trap: The Temper Trap – review
Alexis Petridis: The Temper Trap weigh in on the London riots via the kind of windy cliches that would make Coldplay wince
Scissor Sisters – review
The Scissor Sisters' strength is their ability to suspend reality – for an hour, the Empire becomes a Manhattan nightclub, writes Caroline Sullivan
LSO/Gergiev – review
Gergiev's understanding of the Stravinsky score's ratchet-like intensity was sympathetic and acute, writes Tim Ashley