Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra Recover from a Shockingly Bad Start
10/10/2017
Rimsky-Korsakov and Stravinsky: Kristóf Baráti (violin), Mariinsky Orchestra / Valery Gergiev (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 9.10.2017. (AS) Read more
Musical Riches in a Recital for Solo Violin by Benjamin Baker
10/10/2017
Ysaye and Paganini: Benjamin Baker (violin), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 6.10.2017. (GPu) Read more
Dramatic and Colourful Playing from the RLPO under Vasily Petrenko
09/10/2017
Korngold, Delius, Respighi, & Stravinsky: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Guild Hall, Preston, 8.10.2017. (MC)
Vasily Petrenko (c) Mark McNulty
Basel SO Deliver Beautiful, Full-Bodied Accounts of Busoni, Saint-Saëns, and Beethoven
09/10/2017
Busoni, Saint-Saëns, Beethoven: Sol Gabetta (cello), Basel Symphony Orchestra, Ivor Bolton (conductor), Usher Hall, 7.10.2017. (SRT) Read more
Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra on Fine Form at Cadogan Hall
09/10/2017
Rimsky-Korsakov and Stravinsky: Mariinsky Orchestra / Valery Gergiev (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 8.10.2017. (AS) Read more
Santtu-Matias Rouvali Makes His Mark Energetically with the Philharmonia
06/10/2017
Kabalevsky, Rachmaninov, Mussorgsky (orch. Ravel): Denis Kozhukhin (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 4.10.2017. (CS)
Santtu-Matias Rouvali (c) Kaapo Kamu
Janine Jansen’s Intense Britten and Semyon Bychkov’s Visceral Mahler with the LSO
06/10/2017
Britten and Mahler: Janine Jansen (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor) Barbican Hall, London, 5.10.2017. (JPr)
Semyon Bychkov (c) WDR/Sheila Rock
Apollo’s Fire in a Glimpse of the Ancient Middle East
03/10/2017
Israel & Egypt: A Multicultural Celebration: Amanda Powell (soprano), Members of Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor). Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio, 1.10.2017. (MSJ)
Front row, from left: Jeanette Sorrell, Allison Monroe, Jeffrey Strauss, Amanda Powell
Back row, from left, Luke Conklin, Dylan Moffitt (c) Apollo’s Fire
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