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Raised eyebrows initially greeted Naxos’s Ring cycle, but Jaap van Zweden’s Hong Kong forces have proved their mettle, writes Hugo Shirley

Víkingur Ólafsson plays Bach's Prelude and Fugue in E minor BWV 855 in the Yellow Lounge

Tim Ashley is joined by four great advocates of the composer to celebrate the self-taught, revolutionary musician whose eccentric genius is only now being fully recognised

A beautifully produced time-lapse film of an acorn growing over 8 months accompanies Ticciati's performance

Eric Owens sings 'Gold' from Lang's upcoming operatic retelling of Beethoven's Fidelio

Since 1979, founder-conductor Harry Christophers has never lost sight of The Sixteen’s mission to bring choral music to the wider public with uninhibited passion, he tells Lindsay Kemp

Holliger's new album juxtaposes his own music with that of György Kurtág

The CBSO’s conductor plans to share her discovery of lesser-known composers through some major recordings for DG – and when Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla puts her mind to something there’s no stopping her, writes Richard Bratby

The definitive guide to the 50 greatest Handel recordings, featuring extracts from the original Gramophone reviews, a playlist, and links to the albums on Apple Music