The former Police drummer on his new album based on animal sounds — and clashing with Sting over how to play their songs
Unleashing a torrent of words and feelings, the singer was in full flow at London’s Royal Albert Hall
The British director has resurrected Mussorgsky’s unfinished work ‘Khovanshchina’ for the Salzburg Easter Festival
A spectacular indoor lighting installation, 3D photo display, transparent 77in TV and more
Written at a time of creative resurgence for the singer, the song has been covered widely
Raphaël Pichon and his early music group deliver a hyper-emotional performance of this Baroque masterpiece
The pianist and trumpeter ruminate on the human condition across this sombre set
Jarvis Cocker may be 61 — but still performs as though holding a hairbrush in front of a bedroom mirror
The band’s fifth release harks back to their acclaimed 2008 debut For Emma, Forever Ago
Sheffield bands The Human League, Heaven 17 and ABC found international fame in the 1970s and 1980s — an achievement made possible by publicly funded institutions
The superstar cellist has a string of recordings, a royal wedding and memoir to his name — next stop, Sierra Leone
Pianist’s recital at London’s Wigmore Hall offered everything from lightning speed to profound depths of feeling
Embattled company stages an impressive production of Britten’s opera at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
The 1920s track has popped up in films, musicals, jazz — and at the BBC Proms
Feverish excitement surrounding the upcoming biopic attests to our enduring fascination
The Senegalese superstar’s latest record doubles down on percussion
The sextet shift towards baroque pop in their first studio record since frontman Isaac Wood’s departure
The pianist and his colleagues embrace classical form and heartfelt playing
Recording as Djo, the star’s third album is catchy and melodic, with echoes of The Beatles and west coast psychedelia
Gassmann’s anarchic 1769 opera-within-an-opera is well sung and played, and funny — up to a point
The mezzo-soprano’s recital at London’s Wigmore Hall showed a singer at the peak of her powers
The Hackney-born pianist digs deep into modal jazz and gospel on his second LP
The singer has returned to the track’s lonely charm several times, while acts such as Joan Jett have got behind the wheel
The Japanese auteur sings in a languid, breathy voice on songs that evade genre labels
The San Francisco band return to their black metal sound with guttural shrieks and blistering riffs
