United States Mozart, Schubert, Reger: Lauren Roth (violin), Zsche Chuang Rimbo Wong (viola), Hyunsoo Kim (piano), Canton Symphony Orchestra (chamber series), Cable Recital Hall, Canton, Ohio (USA), 05.03.2013 (TW)
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Brilliant Baroque in Chipping Campden
United Kingdom Corelli, Albinoni, Handel, Pergolesi: Anthony Robson (oboe), Gillian Keith (soprano), Owen Willetts (counter-tenor), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Devine (conductor, harpsichord, organ), St James’ Church, Chipping Campden, 5.5.2013 (RJ)
Couperin Escapes the ‘Antique Armoire’ with Stimulating Results
United States Ravel, Couperin, and Beethoven: Jennifer Pike (violin), Arensky Chamber Orchestra, William Kunhardt (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 7.5.2013 (MB)
Common Threads in Disparate Elements
United States Prangcharoen, Weill, Schubert, and Ravel: Storm Large (soprano), Jorge Garza and Carl Moe (tenors), Anton Belov (baritone), Richard Zeller (bass-baritone), Oregon Symphony, Carlos Kalmar (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 3.5.2013 (BJ)
Four Premieres by Two String Quartets
United Kingdom Clarke, Mincek, Pelzel, and Lanza: Arditti Quartet, JACK Quartet, Wigmore Hall, London, 6.5.2013 (MB)
Swiss Enthralled by New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Switzerland Rouse, Bernstein and Tchaikovsky: New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Alan Gilbert (conductor), Joshua Bell (violin) Tonhalle, Zurich 6.5.2013 (JR)
Electrifying, Revelatory Playing from Lugansky
United Kingdom Janacek, Schubert, Medtner, Rachmaninov: Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Wigmore Hall 5.5.13 (RB)
All-American Program Makes Majestic Season Closer
United States Higdon, Barber, Copland: Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano (conductor), Music Hall, Cincinnati. 3.5.2013 (RDA)