United Kingdom Elgar: Trinity Laban Symphony Orchestra with members of Welsh National Opera Orchestra/George Jackson (conductor). Great Hall, Blackheath Halls, London, 6.5.2016. (MB)
Year: 2016
Thrilling Climax to RSNO’s Stravinsky Project
United Kingdom Bartók, Stravinsky: Leticia Moreno (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 6.5.2016. (SRT)
An Evening with Musicians from Marlboro
United States Haydn, Saariaho, and Schumann: Musicians from Marlboro III: Joseph Lin [1] and Francisco Fullana [2] (violins), Pei-Ling Lin [3] (viola), Jay Campbell [4] and Ahrim Kim [5] (cellos), Zoltán Feyérvári [6] (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 5.5.2016. (BJ)
St. Matthew Passion at the International Bach Festival in Schaffhausen
Switzerland Bach: Gabrieli Consort & Players / Paul McCreesh (conductor), Chorus I: Mhairi Lawson, Anna Stéphany, Nicholas Mulroy, Benjamin Appl. Chorus II: Sophie Junker, Helen Charlston, Thomas Walker, Stephan Loges. Kirche St. Johann, Schaffhausen 5.5.2016. (JR)
Authentic and Scintillating Bartók from Isabelle Faust
Canada Mozart, Bartók, Dvořák: Isabelle Faust (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Kazuyoshi Akiyama (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 30.4.2016. (GN)
Restoring Much of the Sparkle to Donizetti’s Elixir
United States Donizetti, L’elisir d’amore: Soloists, Opera Philadelphia, Corrado Rovaris (conductor), Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 4.5.2016. (BJ)
A Strong Sense of Form and Far More than Four Mallets from 4-Mality
United Kingdom Rafnsson, Du Plessis, Bradley, Norman, Marino, Hastings: 4-Mality (Jan Bradley, Sophie Hastings, Mark Norman, Sam Wilson). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 29.4.2016. (GP)
Buniatishvili Displays Pianistic Originality in Schumann
United Kingdom Sibelius, Schumann, Tchaikovsky: Khatia Buniatishvili (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Thomas Dausgaard (conductor, Royal Festival Hall, London, 3.5.2016. (GD)