United Kingdom Bach, Zelenka: Dunedin Consort, John Butt (director), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 23.11.2012 (SRT)
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An Opera Salvaged from the Holocaust
United States Bloch, Lavry, and Ullmann: Soloists, Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Erich Parce (director), chamber orchestra; Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 16.11.2012 (BJ)
Ax Offers Musical Mastery Coupled with Warm Humanity
United States Brahms, Dutilleux, and Strauss: Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Emanuel Ax (piano), Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 15.11.2012 (BJ)
Reinis Zarins Impresses at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Mozart, Debussy, Stravinsky, Bloch, Schumann: Reinis Zarins (piano) Wigmore Hall, London 21.11.2012 (RB)
A Superb Anticipation of the Britten Centenary
United Kingdom Purcell, Tippett, Handel, and Britten: Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), Britten Sinfonia, Jacqueline Shave (director/violin), Richard Hetherington (conductor). Wigmore Hall, London, 22.11.2012 (MB)
Elder and the Tonhalle in Fauré and Dvorak
Switzerland Fauré, Dvorak: Tonhalle Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Rebecca Bottone (soprano), Stéphane Degout (baritone), Zürcher Sing-Akademie (chorus-master Tim Brown), Zurich 22.11.2012 JR
Surefooted Playing of Janáček by Cavaleri Quartet
United Kingdom Mozart, Janáček: Caveleri StringQuartet: Anna Harpham, Ciaram McCabe (violins), Ann Beilby (viola), Rowena Calvert (cello). Reardon Smith Theatre, National Museum, Cardiff 20.11.11 (GPu)
Imagine a Magic Flute Without Sonority
Italy Mozart, Die Zauberflöte in concert form: Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin. RIAS Kammerchor. Conductor, René Jacobs. Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Sala Santa Cecilia, Rome. 21.11.2012 (JB)