Richard Baker, the first presenter of news on BBC television in 1954, became the mainstay of the Nine O’Clock News. A capable pianist, he was

The Emerson Quartet and Renee Fleming are to give the first performance of Tom Stoppard’s Penelope with a score by Andre Previn. Described as ‘an opera

From Amit Peled: I just performed with the Warsaw Philharmonic the Penderecki concerto last night for the Maestro’s 85th birthday celebration. I wanted to let

Sikora’s Classical Records in Vancouver has been defeated by Amazon and Spotify. Read here.

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Mstislav Rostropovich commissioned more than 100 works for his instrument and performed some of them more than once.