★★★★ (out of five) Why are orchestra chiefs still afraid of Joseph Haydn?

Steven Isserlis modest Chopin and Schubert cello-piano recital with Dénes Várjon highlights two fine musicians at the peak of their powers.

The flamboyant American organist Cameron Carpenter, more used to playing in a singlet than a surplice, either makes you feel young and with-it or old and totally out of it.

As the last releases of the year drop through the door, Delta Piano Trio's The Mirror With Three Faces is an instant ear-grabber.

As a Lied interpreter, on the concert stage and, increasingly, on the operatic stage as well, the baritone Christian Gerhaher is currently setting new artistic standards.

It has been an age since I looked to my shelves for a work by a major composer and found that, after 40 years of building a library, I don’t have it. Nor, so far as I recall, have I ever heard it, either in concert or on radio (though a few recordings do exist)...

Argerich and Barenboim: Live from Buenos Aires. The question is, what took them so long?

Jan Ladislav Dussek could have been a contender if only Mozart had been born somewhere else and at another time.

Thanks to Bojan Čičić and his Illyria Consort, Giovanni Giornovich's Haydnesque concertos finally get their premiere recording.

Semyon Bychkov’s new Tchaikovsky series on Decca is well timed to rekindle interest.