Vivid characters shine through the gloom of Fiona Shaw’s production
A production that rises to the special challenges of Britten’s opera
Nicholas Daniel makes the most of the virtuoso opportunities of the Scottish composer’s concerto
No other singer has approached Schubert’s great song cycle like Ian Bostridge
Thomas Adès and Ian Bostridge gave a performance that lived up to expectation
Michael Tilson Thomas revived one of Britten’s least performed orchestral works
Janáček’s highly individual chamber works have been a particular theme this year
In this first world war centenary year, Britten’s pacifist opera was an appropriate centrepiece
With its realistic setting, Jeremy Sams’s production is like a Dickens novel set to music
Gil Shaham explores the deep link between concertos, which emanated from an era of political exile and impending disaster
The soprano is an opera star in the making, as this evening of early 20th-century songs showed
David Bintley’s choreography is the prisoner of Benjamin Britten’s interminable score
Unexpected postscript to the composer’s centenary shows his versatility and completes the picture of his formative years
British Youth Opera performs Britten’s operetta with great vitality and energy
Janine Jansen’s violin soared into the clouds in this cross-Channel celebration
Two recordings of the composer’s works could hardly be more different in their impact
A round-up of the finest recordings of Schubert’s masterpiece
Martello Tower AA is a coastal fort that proves an ideal retreat for those in search of peace and space
Sixty years since its first performance, Britten’s coronation opera remains problematic
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