Evgeny Kissin leaves a trail of happy hearts at the @barbicancentre.bsky.social ✍️ Christopher Woodley bachtrack.com/review-evgen...

Sueño world: Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera brings Spanish to the Lyric Opera of Chicago ✍️ Graham Meyer bachtrack.com/review-last-...

Sergei Rachmaninov was born OTD in 1873. Dive into our rich Rachmaninov content on Bachtrack: articles, listings, video streams, review... bachtrack.com/composer/rac...

Anna Netrebko brings glamour to the cast, but the Staatsoper Berlin's new ‘Un ballo in maschera’ is given a frosty reception ✍️ Mark Pullinger bachtrack.com/review-ballo...

The Royal Ballet's Mayerling: violent, feral, tortured dance ✍️ Graham Watts bachtrack.com/review-mayer...

Patricia Nolz makes an outstanding role debut as Octavian as Christian Thielemann conducts a thrusting Rosenkavalier to open the Staatsoper Unter den Linden's Festtage ✍️ Mark Pullinger bachtrack.com/review-rosen...

Among the stars, with shadows: Rameau’s Castor et Pollux in Geneva ✍️ Laura Servidei bachtrack.com/review-casto...

Baroque confectionery with a serious core: Handel’s Belshazzar at Komische Oper Berlin ✍️ Zenaida des Aubris bachtrack.com/review-hande...

Darkness and denial: The Turn of the Screw at the Royal Opera House ✍️ Eleanor Knight bachtrack.com/review-turn-...

Parsifal reconsidered: A provocative improvisation in Prague ✍️ Frank Kuznik bachtrack.com/review-parsi...

A simple but richly detailed Cunning Little Vixen at the Royal Northern College of Music ✍️ Rohan Shotton bachtrack.com/review-janac...

That's like asking me to pick my favourite child. There are favourites I can play (not many!), favourites to listen to... I suppose I always go back to Brandenburg Concertos the most often. But picking a favourite angel in heaven isn't possible.

A Baroque Netflix evening: Zurich’s star-studded Giulio Cesare ✍️ Mengguang Huang bachtrack.com/review-hande...

Sad Shanties from Manchester Collective and Sean Shibe @southbankcentre.bsky.social ✍️ Chris Garlick bachtrack.com/review-manch...

"Playing of virtuosity, sensitivity and... phenomenal power." "Something close to flawless." Read @bachtrack.com's review of Fibonacci Quartet's first appearance in Sheffield! 🎻 bachtrack.com/review-fibon...

Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach OTD in 1685. What's your favourite work by JSB? Here are ten of our editor's: bachtrack.com/playlist-top...

Sir Mark Elder leads a riveting Rigoletto revival at the Royal Opera House ✍️ Dominic Lowe bachtrack.com/review-rigol...

Robin Ticciati and the @lporchestra.bsky.social deliver epic Sibelius with a lively Wennäkoski opener ✍️ Nick Boston bachtrack.com/review-ticci...

Freudian slip: Tamerlano recast as Trumpian tantrums at the London Handel Festival ✍️ Mark Pullinger bachtrack.com/review-tamer...

It's 199 years ago today since Beethoven died. Explore our enormous range of Beethoven content: bachtrack.com/composer/bee...

Texts and textures in New York premieres by The Crossing at Zankel Hall ✍️ David Wolfson bachtrack.com/review-the-c...

Béla Bartók was born OTD in 1881. Here, our editor takes a personal voyage through the composer’s music: bachtrack.com/playlist-bel...

Billy Budd, or the Triumph of Beauty at the Opéra de Lyon ✍️ Stéphane Lelièvre (review now available in English) bachtrack.com/critique-bil...

Concertos – for violin and for orchestra – from @thehalle.bsky.social and Viktoria Mullova ✍️ Peter Connors bachtrack.com/review-kahch...

Echoes of Youth from the Aurora principals at @kingsplacelondon.bsky.social @auroraorchestra.bsky.social ✍️ Mark Valencia bachtrack.com/review-auror...

Guitars, electronics and ancient treatises: What to do with a string quartet? The JACK Quartet at 92NY ✍️ Kurt Gottschalk bachtrack.com/review-jack-...

Irish National Opera’s new Rusalka intrigues more than it convinces ✍️ Andrew Larkin bachtrack.com/review-rusal...

A heartfelt reunion with the Czech Philharmonic ✍️ Frank Kuznik bachtrack.com/review-bychk...

A Resurrection for the ages: Kent Nagano conducts the @philharmonialondon.bsky.social in Mahler 2 ✍️ Eleanor Knight bachtrack.com/review-nagan...

Magnifying Glass: a magnificent Les Enfants terribles in Lille ✍️ Elena Luporini bachtrack.com/review-glass...

Changes to Bachtrack.com From today, 26th March, we have made a small but important change to Bachtrack: we are asking readers to register for free to read certain parts of our site. Full explanation of what is changing and why: bachtrack.com/bachtrack-re...

A structurally grounded, revealing @carnegiehall.bsky.social debut by Alexandra Dovgan ✍️ Edward Sava-Segal bachtrack.com/review-alexa...

Kristiina Poska makes an exciting return to conduct the @rsno.bsky.social ✍️ Simon Thompson bachtrack.com/review-poska...

Good list, given the unenviable task of choosing only ten from the many brilliant works of Bach.

On Early Music Day, explore this wonderful range of articles: bachtrack.com/early-music-...

Bachtrack top ten: Johann Sebastian Bach bachtrack.com/playlist-top...

The wealth of nations: a vocally perplexing economics assignment from David Lang with the New York Philharmonic ✍️ No’a L. bat Miri bachtrack.com/review-lang-...

English National Ballet's Body and Soul: a mixed bag at @sadlerswells.bsky.social ✍️ Deborah Weiss bachtrack.com/review-body-...

Washington National Opera marches onward with a joyous Treemonisha ✍️ Sam Jacobson bachtrack.com/review-jopli...

Jaap van Zweden and the Seoul Philharmonic’s measured Mahler 6 ✍️ SangKwon Lee bachtrack.com/review-mahle...

The Orchestre de Paris and Klaus Mäkelä wow Amsterdam with Rachmaninov and Franck at the Concertgebouw ✍️ Max Lima bachtrack.com/review-makel...

Shared language, living history: Zubin Mehta conducts the Vienna Philharmonic at the Musikverein ✍️ Chanda VanderHart bachtrack.com/review-mehta...

Argerich grandsons make a splash with the Thailand Philharmonic in Singapore ✍️ Chang Tou Liang bachtrack.com/review-ntaca...

Hedging its bets: a merry La finta giardiniera at the Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social ✍️ Dominic Lowe bachtrack.com/review-mozar...

Opera in the blood: interview with conductor Speranza Scappucci ✍️ Mark Pullinger bachtrack.com/interview-sp...

Siegfried at The Royal Opera: Kosky and Pappano continue to surprise and delight ✍️ David Karlin bachtrack.com/review-wagne...

Opera Australia’s Eugene Onegin shines musically ✍️ Sandra Bowdler bachtrack.com/review-eugen...

All about mi : Víkingur Ólafsson conquers Paris ✍️ David Karlin bachtrack.com/review-vikin...

Tragedy in the mirror: Ermonela Jaho returns to her signature role of Cio-Cio-San as Anthony Minghella’s Madama Butterfly returns to the Wiener Staatsoper ✍️ Laura Servidei bachtrack.com/review-madam...

Tine Thing Helseth introduces Nico Muhly’s vision of the end of the world to Sheffield @thehalle.bsky.social ✍️ Phil Parker bachtrack.com/review-chauh...