Editor's picks
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Vinci: Artaserse - Jaroussky/Cencic/Fagioli etc
CD of the week: The singing here is epoch-making. Buy it, listen to Fagioli, and be seduced, writes Tim Ashley
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Gove and Osborne love Wagner. So why doesn't passion turn into policy?
Charlotte Higgins: George Osborne, Ed Vaizey and Michael Gove are just the latest in a long line of Tory politicians to adore the music of Richard Wagner. Shame they are damaging the art they love -
A guide to Morton Feldman
Contemporary blog: Don't be daunted by his five-hour-long string quartet – Feldman offers a truly intimate encounter with the substance of sound, writes Tom Service -
'I'll never take my voice for granted again'
Interview: Back on stage in the Metropolitan Opera's Tempest, Toby Spence tells Tom Service about his recovery from cancer and surviving the storm -
'Music seemed to erupt from his very being'
Elliott Carter, the great American composer, has died at the age of 103. Daniel Barenboim, Harrison Birtwistle and Oliver Knussen are among the musicians who pay tribute to a master who wrote right to the end- Elliott Carter dies aged 103
- Elliott Carter obituary