Leif Ove Andsnes and Bertrand Chamayou review – rewarding pairing brings intimacy and colour

A programme of solo and duo works ranged from Schubert to Beethoven, but Kurtág was the main focus, his duets beautifully shaped and vivid

Pierre Boulez: Éclat/Multiples album review – two of his most significant works are played with fabulous precision

In the composer’s centenary year, this disc showcases two of his most substantial works

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3 album review – hear the performance that made Yunchan Lim a star

The prodigious South Korean talent won 2022’s Van Cliburn piano competition with this performance; his version deserves a place alongside Argerich and Rachmaninov himself

Charles Beare obituary

Violin expert and international stringed instrument dealer who worked with Yehudi Menuhin and Jacqueline du Pré

Parsifal review – reconciliation rather than redemption as Wagner staging focuses on family over faith

Jetske Mijnssen’s production of Wagner’s opera – the festival’s first – bypasses much of its mysticism and magic, but it is moving and musically very special

BBCNOW/Widmann review – explosive, inquisitive and exhilarating concerto is a family affair

Jörg Widmann conducted his own concerto with dynamism alongside virtuosic playing from his sister Carolin, while the BBCNOW were on incendiary form for Mendelssohn and Mozart

Anna Lapwood review – charismatic organist has a packed Royal Albert Hall eating out of her hand

The social media star allies her virtuosity in pieces written for her by Kristina Arakelyan and Max Richter with movie soundtracks and an infectiously winning enthusiasm

LSO/Dudamel/Rebeka review – relentless orchestral fireworks and bright moments

Starry conductor Gustavo Dudamel’s appearance with the London Symphony Orchestra saw Strauss and Ravel given explosive power but limited depth

For Dieter: Hommage à Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau album review – a heartfelt tribute to a lieder legend

The great baritone’s final student emulates his late mentor’s attention to verbal and musical detail in a 32-song centenary homage featuring plenty of Schubert

Scriabin: Vers la Flamme album review – Sudbin masters and humanises fourth and 10th sonatas

The pianist showcases Scriabin’s creative journey from Chopinesque preludes to utterly original modernism, shining bright in his exquisite treatment of the early works

Trial by Jury/A Matter of Misconduct! review – gags and Spads in Scottish Opera’s sparkling double bill

Gilbert and Sullivan’s 150-year-old comic opera gets a lively update, while there is plenty of fun to be had at the expense of politicians in Toby Hessian’s pacy new operetta

From the sacred to the profane: the Wagners, Bayreuth and Parsifal

Wagner’s final opera comes to Glyndebourne this week. Why will the composer and his wife be turning in their graves? Michael Downes looks at the family’s attempts to keep Parsifal in Bayreuth

The Marching Band review – tender French concert bromance gets out the trombones

Two strong leads in Pierre Lottin and Benjamin Lavernhe make this heart-on-sleeve but unsentimental class drama a triumph in a minor key

Giulio Cesare review – concert staging with plenty of sublime, and ridiculous, moments

Harry Bicket and the English Concert’s performance of Handel’s opera was full of compelling performances, most notably Louise Alder’s Cleopatra, Christophe Dumaux’s Caesar and John Holiday’s Ptolemy

Grisey: Vortex Temporum album review – bold, assertive interpretation of a masterly score

Gérard Grisey’s extraordinary expressive work, performed here by Ukraine’s leading new-music group, is one of the finest compositions of the late 20th century