LSO/Rattle review – transatlantic glitz and lithe elegance

Simon Rattle once again showed his affinity with Haydn before a distinct second half featuring a London premiere of John Adams and extrovert Gershwin works

The week in classical: The Golden Cockerel; LSO/Christophers: The Creation; Bath Festival Orchestra

ETO’s production of Rimsky-Korsakov’s satirical opera is uncomfortably timely; the Barbican celebrates its 40th with Haydn; and a 1962 work gets a long overdue UK premiere

LSO/Barbara Hannigan review – playing havoc with the balance of sympathies

The soprano and conductor takes on jarring dual role as she juxtaposes Strauss’s Metamorphosen with a multimedia version of La Voix Humaine

LSO/Noseda review – uncompromising Shostakovich and exhilarating Beethoven

The bleak beauty of Shostakovich’s 14th symphony was explored to unsettling effect in a superb performance; the Beethoven that followed was focused and full of energy

The week in classical: LSO/Rattle; Gianni Schicchi – review

Exile is the potent theme of a stirring performance of Julian Anderson’s new work. And Grange Park Opera put the glee in Puccini

LSO/Rattle review – Kavakos brings brilliance and depth to Unsuk Chin’s violin concerto

Chin’s new work, receiving its world premiere, was brought to vivid life by Leonidas Kavakos and the London Symphony Orchestra

LSO/Karabits review – stand-in for Rattle proves himself more than equal to the task

With Kirill Karabits replacing Simon Rattle on the podium, works by Bartók and Miklós Rózsa were brilliantly played. It’s hard to imagine a better performance of the latter’s virtuosic violin concerto

LSO/Harding/Tamestit review – vivid adventures and a fierce encounter with a tuba

Jörg Widmann’s viola concerto received its London premiere in the final concert of Antoine Tamestit’s residency with the London Symphony Orchestra

LSO/Rattle review – a Brucknerian labour of love

Simon Rattle has become a very fine and authentic Brucknerian, as this fascinating concert – offering insights into the composer’s fourth symphony – revealed

Rigoletto; London Symphony Orchestra/Rattle – review

One grisly moment aside, Oliver Mears’s ROH debut production delivers a remarkably straightforward evening of sweeping Verdi

LSO/Rattle review – all-British opener of stories, sparkles, shadows and bagpipes

Julian Anderson’s Exiles – premiered incomplete – and Judith Weir’s Natural History were compelling, with Lucy Crowe an engaging soloist, and Peter Maxwell Davies’s Orkney Wedding was a magnificent close to this season launch

LSO/Rattle review – all-Stravinsky programme delights near capacity crowd

Three of his strange short symphonies made for a monochrome showcase of the Russian composer, but Simon Rattle and the LSO brought energy and coherence

The week in classical: LSO/Rattle; Ólafsson, Philharmonia/Järvi; Waterperry opera festival

Simon Rattle’s young East London Academy players finally take to the stage, while Víkingur Ólafsson makes his Proms debut

Beethoven: The Piano Concertos review – few pianists convey the sense of wholeness more satisfyingly

Rattle conducts Zimerman and a socially distanced London Symphony Orchestra in recordings of clarity and beauty

LSO/Tilson Thomas/Wang review – a rip-roaring return

A thrilling resumption of full orchestral performance, with Shostakovich, Copeland and Tchaikovsky all delivered with wit and dazzling energy