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The Sinfonia of London claims two places on our critic’s list, alongside music ancient and new
Plus: Rambert’s ‘Death Trap’ at Sadler’s Wells is too heavy on the words
The composer’s ballet score becomes an orchestral spectacular in this splendid recording
The British composer lacked delicacy, even when conducting his own pieces, but Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto excelled
Thomas Adès rarely misses a trick as he conducts the final volume — recorded at the Barbican
This exhilarating album proves there is life in the virtuoso concert pianist yet
The British composer interprets the Czech’s piano works with an unsentimental, sharply focused immediacy
This glittering recording of the British composer’s feted concerto captures the electricity of the occasion
Kirill Gerstein and the London Philharmonic added impact to the composer’s piece for piano and orchestra
The composer-conductor and orchestra reach the midpoint of their Beethoven cycle
The British conductor’s debut with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin included his own work alongside Liszt and Britten
Thomas Adès conducted three pieces in the latest instalment of the LPO’s Stravinsky festival
Thomas Adès’s musically dazzling opera arrives in New York
Why has cinema suddenly become such a source of inspiration for makers of opera?
The conductor’s homecoming concert revealed the best in the British new music scene
The ensemble shone in a challenging programme of work by Francisco Coll, Stravinsky and Adès himself
Simon Rattle is saying goodbye to Berlin in characteristic style
Thomas Adès launches his Beethoven cycle with an intriguing juxtaposition
Thomas Adès’s epic opera showcases its composer’s capacity for invention
A rewarding thumbnail portrait of the composer
The music is carried aloft by great, heaving cosmic waves through a universe glistening with heavenly sounds
Gerald Barry’s opera is a wild, funny distillation of Lewis Carroll’s stories
The composer talks about his work, his influences — and the need for affection in music
Two Proms in which new works were wrapped in a classical package
A fluid revival of Thomas Adès’s ribald and astonishingly precocious 1995 chamber opera
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