United Kingdom Zemlinsky and Schoenberg: Marie Jaermann (soprano), Amaya Piano Trio (Batia Murvitz (piano), Lea Tuuri (violin), Lauri Rantamoijanen (cello)), Charles Owen, Alberto Portugheis (pianos). Hall One, Kings Place, London, 5.3.2014 (MB)
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Wit, Mischief and Elegance from Richard Egarr
United Kingdom Schubert, Haydn, Mozart: Richard Egarr (conductor/piano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 06.03.2014 (SRT)
Twice As Much Passion Makes Fascinating Laboratory
United States J. S. Bach, St. Matthew Passion: Soloists, Northwest Boychoir, Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot (conductor), S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 22.2.2014 (BJ)
The Ebène Quartets’s Magnificent Debut
Canada Haydn, Bartok, Mendelssohn: Ebène Quartet (Pierre Colombet and Gabriel Le Magadure, violins, Mathieu Herzog, viola, Raphael Merlin, cello), Vancouver Playhouse, 4.3.2014.(GN)
Andrés Orozco-Estrada Shows London What’s in Store
<United Kingdom Kodály, Rachmaninov, Beethoven, Barry Douglas (piano), Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra, Andrés Orozco-Estrada (conductor) Cadogan Hall, London, 3.2.2014 (RB)
Jane Manning’s Pierrot Century
United Kingdom Zemlinsky, Dallapiccola, Nono, Schoenberg: Jane Manning (soprano); Benjamin Baker (violin); Rohan de Saram (cello); Susan Milan (flute/piccolo); David Campbell (clarinet/bass clarinet); Julian Jacobson (piano); Giora Bernstein (conductor); Alberto Portugheis (piano); Marie Jaermann (soprano); Seljan Nasibili (soprano); Katie Coventry (mezzo); Anna Migallos (alto); Kings Place, London, 4.3.2014 (GDn)
Transcendent Brahms German Requiem
United States Mozart, Brahms: Rachel Jeanne Hall (soprano), Brian Keith Johnson (baritone), Canton Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Britt Cooper (conductor), Gerhardt Zimmermann (conductor), Umststattd Hall, Canton, Ohio, 16.2.2014 (TW)
Unfashionable Simpson Appeals to Open Minds
United Kingdom Mozart, Simpson, Beethoven: Tippett String Quartet [John Mills (violin), Jeremy Isaac (violin), Daisy Spiers (viola), Bozidar Vukotic (cello)], Bromsgrove Concerts, The Artrix, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, 28.2.2014 (PH)