Lachenmann and Mahler: Kate Royal (soprano), Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), London Symphony Chorus, CBSO Chorus (chorus director: Simon Halsey), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 15.2.2015 (MB)
Mark Berry
Centuries-old ‘Minimalism’ from the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
United Kingdom Parsons, Plainsong, Dunstable, Hacomplaynt, Tallis, Damett, Byttering, Henry V, Power, and Fayrfax: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury (conductor). Hall One, Kings Place, 4.3.2015 (MB)
The Hagen Quartet Excel and Delight in Mozart
United Kingdom Mozart: Hagen Quartet [Lukas Hagen, Rainer Schmidt (violins), Veronika Hagen (viola), Clemens Hagen (cello)], Wigmore Hall, London, 28.1.2015 (MB)
The London Première of James Dillon’s Thought-Provoking Stabat mater dolorosa
James Dillon: BBC Singers, London Sinfonietta, Sound Intermedia, Ilan Volkov (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 21.1.2015 (MB)
Simon Rattle’s Committed Advocacy for a Schumann Rarity
United Kingdom Schumann, Das Paradies und die Peri: Soloists, London Symphony Chorus (chorus master: Simon Halsey), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 11.1.2015 (MB)
Garrick Ohlsson Marks the Scriabin Centenary
United Kingdom Scriabin: Garrick Ohlsson (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 6.1.2015 (MB)
Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch: An Outstanding Partnership
United Kingdom Schumann, Wagner, and Liszt: Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 4.1.2015 (MB)
A Fine Recital to Conclude 2014
United Kingdom Berg, Reger, Debussy, and Brahms: Sharon Kam (clarinet), Stephan Kiefer (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 29.12.2014 (MB)