United States Jon Batiste and Stay Human: Jon Batiste (piano and Harmonaboard), Eddie Barbash (saxophone and washboard), Ibanda Ruhumbika (tuba and trombone), Joe Saylor (drums and tambourine), Barry Stephenson (electric and acoustic bass), Jamison Ross (drums and percussion), Zankel Hall, New York City. 12.10.2013 (BH)
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Carefully Nuanced Sheherazade from Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra
United Kingdom Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov: Norika Ogawa (piano), Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio, Denis Lotoev (conductor). St. David’s Hall, Cardiff. 16.10.2013 (PCG)
Uncertainty and Delays Affect Performance by Birmingham Royal Ballet
United Kingdom Hindson, E=mc2; Walton, Tombeaux; Jeffes, ‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Paul Murphy (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 15.10.2013 (JO’D)
Musical Manchester Connections from the BBC Philharmonic
United Kingdom Arnold, Walton, Prokofiev: Midori (violin), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 12.10.2013 (MC)
Bernard Haitink and the LSO: Masterly in Mozart and Shostakovich
United Kingdom Mozart and Shostakovich: Emanuel Ax (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 15.10.2013 (MB)
Sensuality and Beauty in ENO’s Madama Butterfly
United Kingdom Puccini Madama Butterfly (sung in English): Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of English National Opera/Gianluca Marciano. London Coliseum, 15.10.2013 (CC)
Girl of the Golden West: Unfortunately, Not Staged in Golden West
Australia Puccini: La Fanciulla del West, Orchestra and Chorus Wiener Staatsoper, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Staatsoper Vienna, 14.10.2013 (JMI)
Photo Staatsoper Vienna