United States Haydn, Rimsky-Korsakov: Alicia Weilerstein (cello), San Francisco Symphony, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 19.2.2014 (HS)
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Youthful Cello Sonatas Played with Youthful Energy and Passion
United Kingdom Beethoven, Richard Strauss: Guy Johnston (cello), Alasdair Beaton (piano), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 07.02.14 (GPu)
Britten/Auden Opera Proves to be Excellent Ensemble Piece
United Kingdom Britten Paul Bunyan: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of English Touring Opera/Philip Sunderland. Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 17.02.2014 (CC)
Marti Webb Returns to London’s West End with Songs and Letters Home
United Kingdom Don Black and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tell Me on a Sunday: Marti Webb and musicians. Duchess Theatre, London. 18.2.2014. (JPr)
A Marvellous Recital from the Charismatic Yuja Wang
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Chopin, Kapustin, Stravinsky, Yuja Wang (piano). Barbican Hall, London, 16.2.2014 (CC)
From Classical Restraint to Wild Baroque in Hewitt Recital
United Kingdom Haydn, Beethoven, Bach: Angela Hewitt (piano) International Piano Series. St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford 18.2.2014, (CR)
New Life for Rossini’s “Barber”
United States Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Michele Mariotti (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 15.4.2014 (JLZ)
A Cozy Evening with Von Otter, Ax, and Brahms
United States Brahms, Tor Aulin, Nico Muhly: Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-Soprano), Emanuel Ax (piano), Carnegie Hall, New York City. 28.1.2014 (DS)