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Mozart's might have been expected to overwhelm almost any other anniversaries on the calendar this year. Who can hope to stand against such an iconic composer? Bach, undoubtedly. Beethoven, Handel, Schubert, yes. But Shostakovich? Does anyone seriously rank him alongside Mozart as a composer?

Which of the new generation of artists has the quality to become great? We name tomorrow's classical superstars The G ramophoi ic iii 'cti on Wagner's Tristan and Isolde —a physical and emotional marathon: who wins? Understanding Schumann Jeremy Nicholas marks the i5o anniversary of Schumann's...

Further to the recent letters about the television performance of Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius conducted by Sir Adrian Boult in 1968, may I also put in a plea for two even more significant performances to be reissued on DVD?

Mr Williams's views (Letters, June) on the advantage brought by CD to home listening as compared with LP. It is not only the absence of pops and clicks but the increase in the dynamic range that LP is unable to achieve, due to limitations in the groove size, and the elimination of distortion...