Spain W.A.Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, Orchestra Comunitat Valenciana, Chorus Generalitat Valenciana, Ottavio Dantone (conductor), Valencia Palau de les Arts, 13.4.2013 (JMI)
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Hallé’s Star Continues to Shine Brightly
United Kingdom Mahler, Janáček, Haydn: Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano), Jacques Imbrailo (baritone), Hallé Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 13.4.2013. (MC)
Enthralling Performances from Karabits and Lewis
Schubert, Beethoven, Brahms: Paul Lewis (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits (conductor), Town Hall, Cheltenham, 12.4.2013. (RJ)
András Schiff’s Complete English Suites at Lincoln Center
United States Bach: András Schiff, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 11.4.2013 (DA)
Sir Colin Davis, 25 September 1927 – 14 April 2013
Sir Colin Davis, 25 September 1927 – 14 April 2013
3D Specs Fail to Rescue Sunken Garden
United Kingdom Van der Aa, Sunken Garden:Cast and Orchestra of English National Opera / André de Ridder (conductor), Barbican Theatre, London, 12.4.13 (CC)
An Interesting Schoenberg-Brahms Evening with the Vienna Phil
United Kingdom Schoenberg, Brahms: Yefim Bronfman (piano), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 9.4.2013 (GD)
Don Giovanni: Lifeless Even Before Going to Hell
W. A. Mozart: Don Giovanni, Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Alejo Pérez (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real, 12.4.2013 (JMI)