Edinburgh International Festival 2013 (6) – The Poet Speaks: Homage to Allen Ginsberg. Philip Glass (piano), Patti Smith (vocals), Edinburgh Playhouse, 13.8.2013 (SRT)
Edinburgh 6: Some Legendary Figures United in Edinburgh Collaboration
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Fidelio at Edinburgh(4): A Worthy Musical Performance Compromised by a Dog’s Breakfast Production
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2013 (4) – Beethoven: Fidelio Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opéra de Lyon, Kazushi Ono (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 12.8.2013 (SRT)
Edinburgh (2) Twentieth Century Classics Superbly Served in Edinburgh
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2013 (2) – 20th Century Classics. Synergy Vocals, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 10.8.2013 (SRT)
Varèse:Intégrales
Amériques (1927 version)
Berio: Sinfonia
Effective Juxtaposition of the Youthful with the Mature
United States Beethoven, Walton, Foss, and Dvořák: Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu (violin and viola), Alan Iglitzin (viola), Matthew Zalkind (cello), Emily Daggett Smith (violin), Julio Elizalde (piano), Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 11.8.2013 (BJ)
An Outstanding, Visceral Billy Budd at Glyndebourne
United Kingdom Britten: Billy Budd. Soloists, The Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) Glyndebourne 10.8.2013 (RB)
Edinburgh International Festival 2013 (3) – Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
United Kingdom Beethoven, Tchaikovsky: Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Bavarian RSO, Mariss Jansons (conductor). Usher Hall, 11.08.2012 (SRT)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”
PROM 37:The Urban Classic Prom: But Was It Really a Meeting of Classical and Urban Music?
United Kingdom PROM 37: Urban Classic Prom: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jules Buckley (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 10.8.2013 (GDn)
PHOTO: BBC/Chris Christodoulou
Mostly Mozart (3): Conductor Louis Langrée Breathes Life into Festival Concert
United StatesMostly Mozart 3, Beethoven, Isabelle Faust(violin), Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Louis Langrée (conductor), Lincoln Center, Avery Fisher Hall, New York 9.8.2013. (SSM)