Arditti Quartet – review

After a tour through work by Japanese composers, the Arditti Quartet took the rare step of putting themselves centre-stage, writes Andrew Clements

Orlando Paladino – review

Freiburg Baroque Orchestra did a stylish job of putting the case for a run-of-the-mill Hadyn opera, writes Kate Molleson

Fiesta Criolla/From Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro

Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh: Fiesta Criolla had the audience on its feet clamouring for more, while From Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro negotiated the fine line between devotional austerity and bravura with exquisite dexterity, writes Tim Ashley

Actus Tragicus

Festival theatre, EdinburghThis special staging of six Bach cantatas is beautifully realised and totally compelling, writes Andrew Clements

SCO/Walker

Usher Hall, EdinburghThe premiere of Giorgio Battistelli's Fair Is Foul, Foul Is Fair, by Garry Walker and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, was at once beautiful and terrifying, writes Tim Ashley

La Venexiana

This concert by the Italian madrigal group suffers from a sameness of mood, says Tim Ashley.

Capriccio

1 star Tim Ashley finds this performance of Strauss's last opera to be a bitter disappointment.

It’s grand opera to die for

Classical: This magnificent production of Tchaikovsky's epic confirms Peter Stein as a master craftsman, says Anthony Holden.

The flying game

Classical: Two revivals show Brecht and Weill in contrasting lights, says Anthony Holden.

Elektra

Usher Hall, Edinburgh Festival

Bands for all seasons

Edinburgh pop: The Pixies conquered a packed stadium through a pair of dodgy speakers while two of Britain's top younger bands triumphed on a smaller scale, says Lynsey Hanley.

Troubled waters

Edinburgh classical: The belated staging of John Adams's opera might have been flawed, but no one should doubt the power or honesty of its message, says Anthony Holden.