Italy Mozart, Chopin: Orchestra dell Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Conductor, Sir Antonio Pappano. Daniel Barenboim (piano).. Parco della Musica Rome, 13.11.2012 (JB)
Stan
RSNO’s String Section Banishes Winter Blues
United Kingdom Larsson, Grieg, Tchaikovsky: John Lill (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra,/ Christian Kluxen (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 14.12.2012 (SRT)
Prequel to Così Fan Tutte: So, Do They All?
United States Jonathan Dawe, Così Faran Tutti, Orchestra of the Second Instrumental Unit, Ryan McAdams (conductor), Company XIV, Austin McCormick (Choreography), The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, Columbia University, New York, 13.12.2012 (SSM)
Satire and Pathos—Opera Company Extends its Stylistic Range
Canada Gilbert and Sullivan, The Pirates of Penzance: Vancouver Opera, soloists, Jonathan Darlington (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia. 9.12.2012 (BJ)
Wexford Festival Opera (3) A Village Liebestod
Ireland Frederick Delius, A Village Romeo and Juliet: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / Rory Macdonald (conductor). Wexford Opera House, 4.11.2012. (ASB)
Wayne Eagling’s Nutcracker is Perfectly Charming
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker: Dancers of English National Ballet, Choir of Tring Park School for the Performing Arts, Orchestra of English National Ballet / Benjamin Pope. (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 12.12.2012. (JPr)
The Rotterdam Philharmonic Visits Vienna
Austria Beethoven and Mahler:Kate Royal (soprano), Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Goldener Saal, Musikverein, Vienna, 12.12.2012 (MB)
An Enthralling Exposition of Debussy’s Préludes by Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Austria Debussy: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano). Mozart Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 11.12.2012 (MB)
Préludes (Books 1 and 2)