Louis Sclavis/Manu Katche

Some of the most fiendishly accomplished clarinet and soprano saxophone playing to be heard in London this year

Stile Antico

Even in the thickets of ten-part Renaissance polyphony, each line of the choir is beautifully discernible

La Favorite

A concert performance of a rare Donizetti opera is somewhat patchy but neverless brings the work to life

Leon Fleisher

After 40 years without the use of one of his hands, the 80-year-old pianist has returned with both hands and talent intact

Scene Norway

Musical instuments made from blocks of ice? It's apparently the next big thing in contemporary music

Britten Sinfonia/MacGregor

This exhilarating fusion - East meets West meets North meets South - shows us what the future of music will be like

Celebrating a Century of Song

The opening bash of the London Jazz Festival hit all the right notes and included a tribute to the late Esbjörn Svensson

Stockhausen Festival - the Sunday Times review

Eccentric or visionary? At the Southbank’s tribute, he was a bit of both, says Paul Driver

Four stars for Cliff Richard at Wembley Arena

The singer’s 60th headline appearance at Wembley was a fast-paced spectacular not even a Cliff critic could fail to enjoy

LPO/Jurowski

Barring the slight disappointment of the Stravinsky concerto, chalk this concert up as yet another fascinating triumph

The Mummers

A chaotic collective of super-talented, slightly out-there musicians, the night featured jaw-dropping vocal performances

Waldemar Bastos

With the drums, bass and percussion locked firmly in place, Bastos’s distinctive, keening tenor soared through upbeat anthems

Mercury Rev

Still slender and boyish at 42, the singer Jonathan Donahue is an impressively energetic showman

Razorlight

There was no doubting Borrell's intensity, but the concert fell short of the greatness to which Razorlight aspire

Magdalena Kozena

The Czech singer displayed her native country's songbook to dazzling effect, with Malcolm Martineau's perfect accompaniment

War Requiem

On Remembrance Sunday Ian Bostridge and Thomas Hampson found the “beauty, intensity and serenity” that Britten demanded

Klang

A suitably bonkers choice of work concluded the week-long tribute to the late Karlheinz Stockhausen

Katie Melua

The 24-year-old may have sung like a dream, but she was playing it safe throughout this gig

Seth Lakeman

Seth Lakeman's show would have been as acceptable at the Reading Festival as it would at the Cambridge Folk Festival

Philharmonia/Hickox

A masterfully engineered and moving performance; the best memory to take away from the Vaughan Williams season