LSO/Mark Elder review – a matchless Rosenkavalier

Soloists Sarah Connolly, Anne Schwanewilms and Lucy Crowe brought sensitivity and poise to Strauss's opera, and the LSO gave full value to the score's heady harmonic surges and misty-eyed nostalgia, writes George Hall

Rolando Villazón review – careful, unexpected Mozart reaps dividends

The big-name Mexican tenor's programme of neglected Mozart arias was a convincingly sincere reinvention, writes Martin Kettle

Mozart: Sonatas review – Piemontesi is thoughtful and scrupulously prepared

The Swiss-Italian pianist's sample from a series of recordings of Mozart's piano music and concertos suggests good things are to come, writes Andrew Clements

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 14 & 27, Rondo in D K382 – a charming Ingrid Jacoby performance

Sir Neville Marriner's sparkling sound is perfectly married to a graceful performance from pianist Ingrid Jacoby, writes Stephen Pritchard

Zurich Chamber Orchestra/Roger Norrington – review

This all-Mozart programme displayed conductor Norrington's mellowness, with a lively sense of chamber music intimacy, writes Andrew Clements

Don Giovanni; LSO/Pappano: Peter Maxwell Davies Symphony No 10 – review

Visual overload swamps Royal Opera's new Don Giovanni. And it's a top 10th from Peter Maxwell Davies, writes Fiona Maddocks

Mozart: Piano Concertos K.503 & K.466 – review

Claudio Abbado and Martha Argerich on the same disc for the last time makes for a historic, deeply moving listen, writes Nicholas Kenyon

Mozart: Posthorn-Serenade, Symphony No 35 ‘Haffner’ – review

A tremendous account of the 'Haffner' from Harnoncourt and co impresses Nicholas Kenyon

Mozart: Don Giovanni – DVD review

Dmitri Tcherniakov’s controversial adaptation wanders too far from Mozart’s original for comfort, writes Tim Ashley

Satyagraha; Maxim Vengerov/Polish Chamber Orchestra – review

With humanity permanently locked in conflict, it seems Philip Glass's meditation on nonviolence will bear endless repetition, writes Stephen Pritchard

Bath Mozartfest – review

Scholarship illuminated the Takács Quartet's performance, and Harry Christophers and The Sixteen brought precision to Handel's oratorio Jephtha, says Rian Evans

The Magic Flute – review

Wizardry and darkness fight it out in Simon McBurney's captivating new ENO production of The Magic Flute, writes Fiona Maddocks

Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven: Tales from Vienna – review

In his 90th year, Menachem Pressler remains an exemplary pianist, writes Fiona Maddocks

Le Nozze di Figaro – review

Christopher Maltman's startling performance as the Count heralds some major changes of focus in McVicar's fourth revival, writes Tim Ashley

Mozart: Così fan tutte – review

This concert recording of Mozart's dark comic masterpiece is full of life, writes Nicholas Kenyon