United Kingdom Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Orchestra of Classical Opera, Philharmonia Chorus, Ian Page (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 17.06.2016. (RB)
Robert Beattie
A Probing, Highly Original Recital from Yevgeny Sudbin
United Kingdom Scarlatti, Beethoven, Mozart, Ravel: Yevgeny Sudbin (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 16.6.2016. (RB)
Opera Holland Park Transports Imaginative La bohème to Tudor England
United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, City of London Sinfonia, Opera Holland Park Children’s Chorus and Chorus / Matthew Waldren (conductor), Opera Holland Park, London, 13.6.2016. (RB)
Daniil Trifonov’s Wigmore Hall Residency Ends with Awe-Inspiring Rachmaninov
United Kingdom Bach, Brahms, Schubert, Rachmaninov: Daniil Trifonov (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 9.6.2016 (RB)
Superb Championship of Some Less Familiar Repertoire
United Kingdom Poulenc, Prokofiev, Wagner, Elgar: Nikita Boriso-Glebsky (violin), Kasparas Uinskas (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 4.6.2016. (RB)
A Dramatic and Penetrating Recital by Mark Padmore and Ryan Wigglesworth
United Kingdom Schumann, Ryan Wigglesworth, Janáček: Mark Padmore (tenor); Victoria Simmonds (mezzo-soprano); Ryan Wigglesworth (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 12.5.2016. (RB)
Magnificent Liszt Playing from Dinara Klinton
Liszt: Dinara Klinton (piano), Royal Overseas League, London, 28.4.2016. (RB)
A Right Royal Performance from Sondra Radvanovsky in Roberto Devereux
United States Donizetti, Roberto Devereux: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera/Maurizio Benini (Conductor), Broadcast live to the Komedia Cinema, Brighton, from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 16.4.2016. (RB)
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