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Don Giovanni, Metropolitan Opera, New York
Simon Keenlyside provided telling phraseology, nimble wit and endlessly clever touches of character delineation
Igor Levit, Wigmore Hall, London — ‘A compelling adventure’
The pianist’s Beethoven sonata cycle is a hot ticket
Shazam returns to profit on 1bn downloads
Music discovery company doubles user base in the past two years
Breaking the Waves, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia — review
The world premiere of a potent and inventive opera
Mariinsky Orchestra, Cadogan Hall, London — review
The orchestra’s warmth and blend of sound was unchanged
Tristan und Isolde, Metropolitan Opera, New York — review
The production is clumsy, but musical standards are high
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall, London — review
Violinist Nicola Benedetti played with softness and fluidity
Afropunk, Alexandra Palace, London — review
Grace Jones and Young Fathers were among the festival acts
The Life of a Song: ‘Fast Car’
Tracy Chapman found fame with a ballad about low-income life
Così fan tutte, Royal Opera House, London — review
A clever but emotionally unengaging production of Mozart’s opera
John Adams on how to conduct yourself
The American composer and conductor pushes artistic boundaries with a social message
Ed Harcourt, Village Underground, London — review
The singer’s set drew heavily on new songs, full of apocalyptic imagery and fallen characters
Björk, Royal Albert Hall, London
The singer negotiated her way through the music with aplomb
Earth Diver, Ruhrtriennale, Essen — ‘Breathtaking power’
An all-enveloping meditation staged in an abandoned salt store
The Dream of Gerontius, Philharmonie Berlin — ‘Apocalyptic’
Daniel Barenboim conducted a transcendental Elgar
Ivan the Terrible, Konzerthaus Berlin, Musikfest Berlin
Eisenstein’s masterpiece set to a live orchestral accompaniment
Verdi’s Requiem, Barbican, London
The performance raced between emotional extremes with microscopic focus
The Life of a Song: ‘Rasputin’
Boney M’s tribute to ‘Russia’s greatest love machine’ caused a stir on the dance floor and behind the iron curtain
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