LSO/Gergiev – Edinburgh festival review

It wasn't perfect, but ultimately Valery Gergiev and the LSO playing Brahms at full tilt was irresistible, writes Kate Molleson

The Makropulos Case; Trio Zimmermann; BBC Prom 46 – review

Time flies in Opera North's cracking production of The Makropulos Case, writes Fiona Maddocks

Trio Zimmermann – Edinburgh festival review

It would be hard to imagine Schoenberg's emotional world being explored with more remorseless exactitude, writes Tim Ashley

A Mass of Life – Edinburgh festival review

Andrew Davis brought out the mesmerising, almost narcotic qualities of this perverse, unclassifiable work by Delius, writes Tim Ashley

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

Die Frau Ohne Schatten – review

The Mariinsky's performance triumphed over the shortcomings of Jonathan Kent's production, 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

BBC Prom 54; La fanciulla del West; Joyce DiDonato; Simon Keenlyside; Kronos Quartet

Mark-Anthony Turnage takes a hammer to his latest work, which hints at the opera to come, writes Fiona Maddocks

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

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