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Rodolfo Barráez conducts two Mozart symphonies and Singapore Symphony principal clarinettist Ma Yue plays a rarely heard concerto by Gerald Finzi. 

Iestyn Davies shows how to make every word count in a fairly standard sampler of Baroque arias; Ticciati is a fireball on the podium with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.

Some unexpected tempo swerves from Minasi in the Jupiter in an otherwise sprightly evening of Mozart from Ensemble Resonanz. 

Cheerful energy and exploding fireworks in the ACO's Sydney programme, if lacking in a little repose. 

They may have come out for the Mozart, but it is the boldly programmed Britten and Mazzoli that make this midwinter concert stand out. 

The Vienna Philharmonic’s unparalleled musicality is beyond impressive and is proved on pieces like Schubert Symphony No. 8 “The Great”. 

The soloists turn out to be the perfect couple, while the camerawork covers the action like it was a soccer match.

When conducting Mozart, Nézet-Séguin rarely displayed the wit and insight he always brings to Bruckner and Mahler.

Even in a flawed performance, The Song of the Earth fills the hearer with its life-affirming carpe diem message.

The Rotterdam Philharmonic marked their centenary with two concerts starring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato. A bittersweet weekend, during which they also took leave of their beloved principal conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Markus Poschner and the Bruckner Orchestra Linz conclude their UK tour with an impulsive, passionate performance at Symphony Hall.

Rafael Payare, in his first appearance with the RPO, has musical encounters with Don Juan and Don Quixote, and a Mozart symphony provides a suitable contrast.

Diana Damrau performs Mozart and Strauss at the Grafenegg Festival, located about an hour’s drive from Vienna.

Enlightenment indeed at Lincoln Center as the Mostly Mozart Festival opens with a gloriouds hodge-podge. 

Rewarding programme contrasting First and Second Viennese schools opens Berlin's 2017 Festtage.

The ASMF under their veteran conductor Sir Neville Marriner celebrate his 92nd birthday and almost six decades of music-making in performances of Mozart and Bizet, with Till Fellner as soloist.

63 concerts in just four days: a full programme kicked off the “Bogotá is Mozart” festival in style. 

Master improviser, Robert Levin, proved an informative and fun guide to a selection of Mozart's later masterpieces, performed with panache by the Academy of Ancient Music.

Sir Antonio Pappano conducted a moving and original Rachmaninov Second Symphony as the highlight of the first of two Proms concerts with his Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia at the Proms.

It seems unfair to label a young conductor a 'discovery', especially since most young conductors labour tirelessly for many years prior to achieving wider recognition. But that's what Daniel Cohen was for me: a discovery, and a very pleasing one at that.

A significantly smaller than usual audience was present for the SCO’s ‘Symphonic Opera’ concert, the finale of its St Andrews season. In the days leading up to thee concert, there was some disgruntlement from people about the programme – “Another Haydn symphony” was a common complaint, the Orchestra having put on several in St Andrews recently.