Germany Mozart: Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Saxon State Opera Chorus, Staatskapelle Dresden / Stefan Klingele (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 20.2.2014 (SRT)
Musically Impressive Zauberflöte Let Down by Comic Shenanigans
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Fine playing of Lennox Berkeley by Dresden Trio
Germany Berkeley, Berger, Beethoven: Dresdner Streich Trio, Semperoper, Dresden, 19.02.2014 (SRT)
Rapturous Performance of Purcell’s Fairy Queen at Bury Court
United Kingdom Purcell, The Fairy Queen: Soloists and Chorus of Bury Court Opera with Southbank Sinfonia/Simon Over (conductor), Bury Court, Farnham, 22.2.2014. (RD)
A Grand Night at the Opera
Switzerland Verdi: Don Carlos Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, conductor: Fabio Luisi, Zurich Opera, Zurich. 21.2.14 (JR)
Yuja Wang: Impressive Surface Virtuosity but the Depths as yet Unplumbed
United Kingdom Rachmaninov and Stravinsky: Yuja Wang (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 20.2.2014 (CS)
Jonas Kaufmann: Celebrity Matched by Talent
United States Schumann, Wagner, Liszt: Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano), Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, New York, 20.2.14 (DA)
A Tale of Two Dvorak Nines
Switzerland Prokofiev Dvorak Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Janine Jansen (violin), David Zinman (conductor), Tonhalle Zurich, 20.2.2014 (JR)
An Unusual Pairing of Works in the Andris Nelsons Brahms Cycle
United Kingdom Brahms: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Hanna Weinmeister (viola) Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Martin Helmchen (piano), Sally Matthews (soprano), James Rutherford (bass-baritone), Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (c0onductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 23.2.2014. (JPr)