United Kingdom Mozart: Hagen Quartet (Lukas Hagen, Rainer Schmidt, violins; Veronika Hagen, viola; Clemens Hagen, cello). Wigmore Hall, London, 26.1.2015 (CC)
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Last-Minute Substitutes Deliver the Goods in Duke Bluebeard’s Castle
United Kingdom Berlioz, Liszt and Bartók: Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Ildikó Komlósi (mezzo-soprano), Sir Willard White (bass), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 27.1.2015 (AS)
Philadelphia Orchestra Repertoire: Plus ça change . . .
United States Rachmaninoff and Turnage: Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra, Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 23.1.2015 (BJ)
Whose Tosca?
United States Puccini: Tosca, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago, 24.1.2015 (JLZ)
A Slimmed-Down Mozart Piano Concerto is a Delight.
United Kingdom Suk, Shostakovich, Schubert, Mozart. Fitzwilliam Quartet [Lucy Russell (violin), Marcus Barcham-Stevens (violin), Alan George (viola), Heather Tuach (cello)] Anna Tilbrook (piano) Hall One, Kings Place, London. 25.1.2015 (LB)
MacGregor Traces Her Musical Development with Personal Selection of Works
United Kingdom Bach, Shostakovich, Chopin, Ives, Monk, Piazzolla, Pärt: Joanna MacGregor (piano), Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 23.1.2015. (CR)
An Imaginative Hansel and Gretel That’s Solid Musically with Well-Suited Cast
Spain Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel, Teatro Real Orchestra, Paul Daniel (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real, 24.01.2015 (JMI)
The LSO on Top Form for Robin Ticciati
United Kingdom Hosokawa, Ravel and Mahler: Simon Trpčeski (piano), Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Robin Ticciati (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 25.1.2015 (AS)