Mike Patton and the Avett Brothers join forces to create a work of immense beauty.

Works by Gesualdo & composers of Naples Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini; Monica Piccinini (soprano); Maria Chiara Gallo (mezzo) et al Naïve OP8677 62:13 mins Don’t be deceived – Carlo Gesualdo

My Focus – Live Under The Rainbow

Sun Triptych Maxim Rysanov, Dasol Kim, Roman Mints et al; BBC Concert Orchestra/ Dobrinka Tabakova ECM 4878558 64:61 mins This is the second ECM disc to feature the extremely accessible music of Bulga

Their ‘ecstatic black metal’ tag might split opinion, but the LA crew celebrated joy as an act of defiance

Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist and positive force Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield left us on November 20.