The week in classical: The Marriage of Figaro; Mahler Symphony No 8 review – phenomenal
Mozart’s divine comedy is a shimmering feast for Glyndebourne, while Mahler’s epic symphony brings joy and redemption to a packed Royal Albert Hall
RPO/Petrenko review – Mahler’s grand and imposing 8th sounds as if it belongs here
Vasily Petrenko and the huge forces required for this choral symphony navigated the score with agility and conviction, but the dramatic connection remained elusive
Prom 62: Berlin Phil/Petrenko review – sinister magic marks a concert of startling brilliance
Petrenko proved his mastery of Mahler’s Seventh yet again as he brought out its lurking ambiguity in a performance that hovered between dream and nightmare
Proms Festival Orch/Wigglesworth review – freelance orchestra’s Mahler brings hope and celebration
A jubilant and light-on-its-feet performance of Mahler’s monumental 5th symphony made this Prom an emotionally charged occasion
Mahler CO/Benjamin/Aimard review – intricate textures and the sparkle of cut glass
George Benjamin conducted the belated premiere of his Concerto for Orchestra, part of a programme that also celebrated his friendship with the late Oliver Knussen
Mahler & Ye: The Song of the Earth review – song-symphony returns to its golden age
Xiaogang Ye sets the Tang-era Chinese poems that ultimately inspired Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde to colourful new music
Mahler/Cooke: Symphony No 10 review – one of the finest recordings of a final masterpiece
Part of his cycle of works by Mahler, Vänskä’s stoic approach pays dividends in the composer’s unfinished work, with unswerving instrumental detail
Mahler: Symphonies 1-10 review – a sumptuous Berlin Phil moves from the glib to the sublime
This mammoth undertaking, of all of Mahler’s symphonies with different conductors over the last decade, brings variable musical results
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde review – Jurowski’s lyrical insights power the great song symphony
The conductor’s fine recording with the Berlin Radio Symphony has accuracy, perception and crystalline detail
Mahler: Titan review – period instrument insights into a beautiful mind
Before Mahler’s First Symphony reached its final form, it was a ‘tone poem’, well revived here on German and Viennese instruments
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Fischer review – rich and urgent Mahler
The orchestra who premiered the work in 1912 gave Mahler’s Ninth Symphony a fierce and articulate performance under Ádám Fischer
Mahler: Symphony No 6 review – Currentzis brings urgency and red-blooded glitz
Teodor Currentzis and his MusicAeterna’s take on Mahler 6 is engaging and highly coloured, if not one for the traditionalists
Prom 67: Boston Symphony Orchestra/Nelsons review – reaching for the divine
Andris Nelsons gave shape and a gathering sense of intensity to Mahler’s colossus of a symphony
Prom 11: BBCNOW/Thomas Søndergård review – bowing out in style
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales’s principal conductor signs off with a performance of heady abandon
Bavarian State Orchestra / Petrenko review – Rattle’s heir thrills with wild intensity
Kirill Petrenko’s rapport with the awesome Bavarian players delivered a truly dazzling Mahler Seventh, and underlined why his move to Berlin is hotly anticipated