Recalling a thrilling collaboration between the poet and a group of oddball musicians

Yuja Wang: The American Album (DG)

What does the BBC have against classical music?

Rachmaninov: 2nd symphony (Chandos/Vox)

Vinyl’s comeback is down to a desire for a tangible point of contact with a performer

Opera North and English Touring Opera have plied an honourable trade without trying to gain kudos

Robin Ashenden whiled away a forced sojourn in Georgia by feasting on the back catalogue of Desert Island Discs and compiling a list of his favourite guests

Drawing the ear into every era of western music

Warning: contains passages of symphonic transcendence

Taylor Swift’s talent for ordinariness that makes her the most exceptional artist at work today