London Symphony Orchestra - Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos.6 & 15In a continuation of his symphony cycle with the London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda conducts two curious and contrasting symphonies by Dmitri Shostakovich the Sixth and Fifteenth. Following the success of his Fifth Symphony, all eyes were on Shostakovich to create a work that would measure up to it's predecessor. The Sixth was originally intended as an immense musical monument to Lenin, to be woven with heroic melodies and folk songs.

a husband-and-wife art song duo from South Carolina

pop music and rhythm & blues to the point of obsession

Jonathan Moyer begins a series on these remarkable instruments in Lübeck

Pi-hsien Chen was born in Taiwan and grew up in Germany where she still lives

Though ignored at the time of it's release

and innovation

Momus writes: 'I discovered Adam Bruneau (alias Oliver Cobol) when the young Georgian sent me an intriguing record called '8 Bit Christmas' towards the end of 2001

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Combining Afro-Caribbean rhythms

starring John-Paul Howard

a helix of fear and hope

to invite the right artists