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The Russian-Austrian maestro and the Berliners triumph in an intensely focused, technically brilliant program featuring two late-Romantic, highly personal masterpieces.

Ensemble 360 goes seriously off piste in this richly varied concert of mostly American music curated by star trumpeter Matilda Lloyd

John Wilson brings energy, colour and drama to his Russian-dominated Dublin programme, while Emanuil Ivanov dazzles technically but leaves Tchaikovsky’s lyricism wanting.

Gustavo Dudamel introduced himself to his new subscription audience with a rendition of Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 that was at once surgically precise, startlingly forceful and compellingly human.

Drama, precision and high-definition contrast in a thrilling Resurrection Symphony at the Philharmonie.

Is a concert ever worth more than five stars? This one – from the Hallé, Kahchun Wong and Sir Steven Hough – may well be.

Can you shrink La Mer into a piano trio? Ensemble 360 shows how it might be done, alongside a sparkling new work for trio forces by Dani Howard.

The American baritone delivers a career-defining performance of the title role in Louisa Proske’s post-apocalyptic setting of Verdi’s first Shakespearean opera, which opens the company’s new season.

Reaching a milestone 100th performance, Liliana Cavani’s grand staging of La traviata returns in fine form, featuring a luminous Nadine Sierra as Violetta.