United Kingdom Mozart, Cuéllar, Britten, Tchaikovsky: William Gough (bassoon), Karin Dahlberg (soprano), Camerata Tchaikovsky/Yuri Zhislin (director), Kings Place, London, 17.12.2017. (CS)
Claire Seymour
Happy Birthday, Lenny! From Rattle and the LSO
United Kingdom Bernstein: Krystian Zimerman (piano), London Symphony Chorus / Simon Halsey (chorus director), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 16.12.2017. (CS)
Meticulous and Mellifluous Brahms from Christian Tetzlaff and Lars Vogt
United Kingdom Brahms: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Lars Vogt (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 5.12.2017. (CS)
Intimacy and Impact from the Meccore Quartet at the Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Szymanowski, Sibelius: Meccore Quartet [Jarosław Nadrzycki & Wojciech Koprowski (violins), Michał Bryèa (viola), Karol Marianowski (cello)], Wigmore Hall London 20.11.2017. (CS)
Toe-Tapping Piazzolla from Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields
United Kingdom J.S. Bach, Tchaikovsky, Piazzolla: Joshua Bell (director/violin), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Wigmore Hall, London, 15.11.2017. (CS)
A Wonderful Programme of Contrasts from the Takács Quartet
United Kingdom Mozart, Shostakovich, Mendelssohn: Louise Williams (viola), Takács Quartet (Edward Dusinberre & Károly Schranz [violins], Geraldine Walther (viola), András Fejér [cello]), Wigmore Hall, London, 13.11.2017. (CS)
The Rosamunde Trio Show Authority and Dignity but Not Enough Sparkle
United Kingdom Mozart, Brahms, Schubert: Rosamunde Trio (Martino Tirimo [piano], Ben Sayevich [violin], Daniel Veis [cello] Kings Place, London 12.11.2017. (CS)
A Variable – and Over-Long – Soirée from the Nash Ensemble
United Kingdom Debussy, Stravinsky, Ravel, Chabrier, Saint-Saëns: Patricia Routledge (reciter), Nash Ensemble (Ian Brown & Simon Crawford-Phillips [piano], Lucy Wakeford [harp], Stephanie Gonley & Michael Gurevich [violin], Lawrence Power [viola], Adrian Brendel [cello], Graham Mitchell [double bass], Philippa Davies [flute], Richard Hosford [clarinet], Chris Brannick [percussion], Wigmore Hall, London, 28.10.2017. (CS)