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LSO/Schmidt(Heritage)A 1980 live recording reveals the Danish conductor’s assured handling of a colossal symphony – a balance of architectural clarity and gothic extravaganceHavergal Brian has often been looked at askance, his vast gothic…

(Interscope)On her third LP, Lennox balances jazz-soaked tradition with flashes of unruly humour and a surefire viral hitAri Lennox is one of contemporary R&B’s premier sophisticates, preferring a palette of lush jazz, soul and 90s…

Sundance film festival: an often lushly made yet frustratingly undercooked small town indie kicks off this year’s festival with disappointmentAnd so this year’s Sundance has officially begun, with grief over the loss of founder Robert…

Feigel uses her own experience as a starting point to examine the past, present and future of separationThis book about child custody is, unsurprisingly, full of pain. The pain of mothers separated from their children, of children sobbing…

It may not have lived up to its celebrity offspring, but this season has offered brightness in the January gloom. Plus, David Baddiel meets Wilfred the ugly cat. Here’s what to watch this evening8.30pm, BBC OneA secret Traitor. Fiona v…

Sundance film festival: A cautionary new film, executive-produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, warns of the devastating consequences if the Utah lake continues to disappearThe Sundance film festival kicked off its final edition on Thursday in…

The plight of a reluctant medieval king is glimpsed through scattered pieces of the past, in an ingenious novel that asks how much we can really know about historyIn a medieval palace an unnamed king chafes under the new and unsought…

Oasis, Macca and Radiohead made Help a smash for War Child in 1995. A new reboot packs comparable star power – and was partially produced from a hospital bedWhen Kae Tempest was asked to contribute to a new track by Damon Albarn, which…