INTERVIEW WITH BERTRAND CHAMAYOU
Robert Beattie
High Voltage Virtuosity and Cultivated Musicianship from Bertrand Chamayou
United Kingdom Ravel: Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 23.10.2015 (RB)
The Belcea Quartet Continue Their Twentieth Anniversary Celebrations
United Kingdom Mozart, Webern, Schubert: Belcea Quartet, Valentin Erben (cello), Wigmore Hall, London, 11.10. 2015 (RB)
ETO Recreates the Age of Silent Films in Tales of Hoffmann
United Kingdom Offenbach, Tales of Hoffmann: English Touring Opera and Orchestra /Philip Sunderland (conductor), Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London, 10.10.15 (RB)
Outstanding Sibelius and Scriabin from Kavakos and Jurowski
United Kingdom Knussen, Sibelius, Scriabin. Leonidas Kavakos (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 3.10.2015 (RB)
Exceptional Liszt and Mussorgsky from Behzod Abduraimov
United Kingdom Schubert, Liszt, Mussorgsky: Behzod Abduraimov (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 16.9.2015 (RB)
An Excellent Lieder Recital at the Wigmore Hall by Alice Coote and Julius Drake
United Kingdom Strauss, Wolf, Wagner: Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano) Wigmore Hall, London, 13.9.2015 (RB)
All the Fun of the Last Night of the Proms
(c) Chris Christodoulou
United Kingdom Prom 76, Last Night of the Proms: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Danielle de Niese (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra/Marin Alsop (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London 12.9.2015 (RB)