Martha Argerich and Dong-Hyek Lim review – legendary pianist and mentee create musical magic

This thrilling and idiosyncratic concert moved from Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos to Rachmaninov, Ravel and Schumann

Sanaya Ardeshir: Hand of Thought review – poised piano minimalism with a quietly expansive reach

The Indian producer steps away from electronics into intricate, slow-building compositions that favour texture and restraint

Earl Sweatshirt, Mike and Surf Gang: Pompeii // Utility review – rap radicals’ appealing study in contrasts

Earl’s post-Odd Future career swerved the mainstream to follow the path laid out by NYC underground rapper Mike, and their first double album lets both shine

Sunn O))): Sunn O))) review – a seismic return to drone metal’s elemental core

The doomy duo strip back their sound to tectonic guitars and feedback, conjuring an immersive, strangely euphoric listening experience recorded in the wilds of Washington

Alim Beisembayev review – intimacy and conviction in programme of Romanticism

Moving from Schubert through Chopin to Liszt, the young pianist brought deep interpretative insights

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/ Candillari review – Simpson’s oratorio shrieks; Elgar and Sibelius stay polite

Elgar’s more-tea-vicar salon Victoriana sat primly beside Simpson’s cataclysmic celebration of occultism, while Sibelius’s climactic payoff needed a bigger buildup

LPO/Tan Dun review – a full battery of drums, dramatic inhalations and hints of Mongolian throat singing

The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Beijing Olympics composer premieres his immediately appealing choral concerto with the London Philharmonic Orchestra

The Turn of the Screw review – gripping and unsettling water-logged staging of Britten’s ghost story

Natalie Abrahami and Michael Levine’s imaginative production is brilliantly creepy and insightful. A first-rate cast of adults and children do not put a foot wrong

Tamerlano review – Trump, Freud and a Bridgerton escapee struggle to get a handle on Handel

Orpha Phelan’s fun but confusing staging for the London Handel festival aligns the opera’s characters with recognisable famous figures. Fine singers and players led by Laurence Cummings ensure consistent musical excellence

Miroslav Vitous: Mountain Call review – double bass duets balance muscularity with mellowness

Jack DeJohnette and Michel Portal – both of whom died recently – are phenomenal foils for the Weather Report alumnus’s classical-influenced jazz

Flea: Honora review – Chili Pepper turns piper, taking up trumpet for a soulful jazz odyssey

Imaginative interpretations of Funkadelic and Frank Ocean sit alongside starry collaborations and gorgeous instrumentals on the bassist’s brassy side project

Mendelssohn: Symphonies and Oratorios album review – Andris Nelsons’ prodigious talent on full display

The Latvian conductor finds dynamic light and shade in seven discs’ worth of special performances with an orchestra once led by the composer himself

Anne-Sophie Mutter: East Meets West album review – diverse, bold and brand new

A varied and engaging collection of four works written for the star violinist features music by Jörg Widmann, Unsuk Chin, Thomas Adès and Aftab Darvishi

Paul McCartney: Days We Left Behind review – this wistful, lovely song is as McCartney-esque as it’s possible to be

This nostalgic new single suggests a convincing mature style, without the unnecessary straining for relevance that marred some recent solo releases

Rigoletto review – strong revival of Mears’s violent take, with Elder revelatory in the pit

There is a touch of the Tony Sopranos about George Petean’s Rigoletto, in Oliver Mears’ 2021 staging that evokes a world of privilege, misogyny and abuse. Aida Garifullina is a convincing and elegant Gilda