United Kingdom Beethoven, Benjamin Dwyer, Ravel: Fidelio Trio (Mary Dullea [piano], Adi Tal [cello], Darragh Morgan [violin]), King’s Place, London, 11.10.2015 (CS)
Claire Seymour
A Stimulating and Satisfying Recital by Vadim Repin and Andrei Korobeinikov
United Kingdom Schnittke, Prokofiev, Bartók, Brahms: Vadim Repin (violin), Andrei Korobeinikov (piano), Wigmore Hall London, 6.10.2015. (CS)
The Wihan String Quartet’s Compelling 30th Anniversary Celebration
United Kingdom Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven: Wihan Quartet (Leoš Čepicky & Jan Schulmeister [violins], Jakub Čepicky [viola], Aleš Kasprík [cello]), King’s Place London, 4.10.2015 (CS)
The Cuarteto Casals Prompt Fresh Thoughts about Familiar Music
United Kingdom Haydn, Mozart, Schubert: Cuarteto Casals [Vera Martínez-Mehner & Abel Tomás (violins), Jonathan Brown (viola), Arnau Tomàs (cello)], Wigmore Hall London, 25.9.2015 (CS)
The Navarra Quartet: Not Wholly Convincing in Beethoven
United Kingdom Beethoven: Navarra Quartet (Magnus Johnston & Marije Johnston [violins], Simone van der Giessen [viola], Brian O’Kane [cello]), King’s Place, London, 13.9.2015 (CS)
St Petersburg Symphony Serve Up Unfamiliar Rimsky-Korsakov and Elgar in Second Prom Appearance
United Kingdom BBC Prom 71 – Rimsky-Korsakov, Elgar & Tchaikovsky: Julia Fischer (violin), St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra / Yuri Temirkanov (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 08.09.2015 (CS)
Photo credit BBC/Chris Christodoulou
A Pleasing Chamber Prom Antidote to an Unseasonal Deluge
United Kingdom BBC Chamber Prom 8 – Barber, Debussy and Shostakovich: Emerson Quartet [Eugene Drucker & Philip Setzer (violins), Lawrence Dutton (viola), Paul Watkins (cello)], Elizabeth Leonskaja (piano), Cadogan Hall London, 31.8.2015 (CS)
Precision, Clarity and Sustained Focus as the Bergen Philharmonic Visits the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 56: Ørjan Matre, Mendelssohn, Alissa Firsova & Stravinsky: Alina Ibragimova (violin), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor), Royal Albert Hall London, 27.8.2015. (CS)