United Kingdom Richard Strauss: Richard Harrington (speaker), Sinfonia Cymru / Gareth Jones (conductor), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 22.3.2014 (PCG)
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No Evident Links Between Works in Diverse Zinman Concert
United Kingdom Mozart, R Strauss, Bach: Emanuel Ax (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / David Zinman (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London. 19.3.2014 (GD)
Michael Collins and the Brodsky Quartet: Seemingly Effortless Musicality
United Kingdom Mozart and Brahms: Michael Collins (clarinet), Brodsky Quartet (Daniel Rowland, Ian Belton (violins), Paul Cassidy (viola), Jacqueline Thomas (cello)). Hall One, Kings Place, London, 19.3.2014 (MB)
Fine Singing in Stockholm’s Flawed Don Giovanni
Sweden Mozart, Don Giovanni, Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus and Royal Court Orchestra, Orchestra / Lawrence Renes (conductor), Royal Opera, Stockholm, 15.3.2014. (RD)
Luthando Qave as Leporello and Anders Lorentzson as the Commendatore – photo Markus Gårder
Uncommon Handel: Surprisingly Rewarding
United States Handel: Handelfest 2014, Soloists and Chorus of the American Classical Orchestra, Thomas Crawford (Director), Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 19.3.2014 (SSM)
Flights of Fancy from Thoughtful Paul Lewis
United Kingdom Bach-Busoni, Beethoven, Liszt, and Mussorgsky: Paul Lewis (piano). Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 21.3.2014
Superb Playing of Martinů, Dvořák and Bartók in Cardiff
United Kingdom Martinů, Dvořák, Bartók: Liza Fertschmann (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jac van Steen (conductor). St. David’s Hall, Cardiff. 21.3.2014 (PCG)
Tosca Times 3 in Barcelona
Spain Puccini: Tosca, Liceu’s Orchestra and Chorus, Paolo Carignani (conductor), Barcelona’s Liceu, 17,18 & 19.3.2014 (JMI)
