United Kingdom Brahms: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Lars Vogt (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 5.12.2017. (CS)
Meticulous and Mellifluous Brahms from Christian Tetzlaff and Lars Vogt
Claire Seymour
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)
Khatia Buniatishvili Sparks a Revelatory LSO Concert
United Kingdom Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky: Khatia Buniatishvili (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 29.10.2017. (CS)
Explosive Stravinsky and Expressive Dvořák: the Pavel Haas Quartet at the Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Ravel, Dvořák: Pavel Haas Quartet (Veronika Jarůšková & Marek Zwiebel [violins], Radim Sedmidubský [viola], Peter Jarůšek [cello], Pavel Nikl (viola), Wigmore Hall, London, 10.10.2017. (CS)