United States Haydn, Mozart, C.P.E. Bach: Paul Wonjin Cho (clarinet), The Sebastians, The Liederkranz Club, New York City. 20.10.2012 (AS)
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Prokofiev Rarity Outshines Tchaikovsky
United States Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev: Seattle Symphony, Neeme Järvi (conductor), Arabella Steinbacher (violin), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 3.11.2012 (BJ)
Percussion Storm and Two Doomed Lovers
United States Ravel, Higdon, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakoff: Dame Evelyn Glennie (percussionist), Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Peter Oundjian (guest conductor), Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH. 03.10.12 (RDA)
Vocal Cast Makes the Difference in Handel’s Rodelinda
Spain G. F. Handel, Rodelinda: Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis (conductor), Madrid National Auditorium, 28.10.2012 (JMI)
Placido Domingo Holds His Own in Thaïs
Spain Massenet, Thaïs: Seville’s Symphony Orchestra, The Maestranza Chorus,Pedro Halffter (conductor), Seville’s Teatro de la Maestranza, 31.10.2012 (JMI)
Vänskä’s Dramatic, Naturally Paced Rachmaninov
United Kingdom Nielsen, Dvořák, Rachmaninov: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London. 2.11.2012 (CD)
Triumph of Handel, Christie, Juilliard415 and Soloists
United States Handel, Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno: Raquel Gonzáles (soprano), Ying Fang (soprano), Rachel Wilson (mezzo-soprano), Spencer Lang (tenor), Juilliard415, William Christie (conductor), Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 27.10.2012 (SSM)
A Brilliant Recital by Benjamin Grosvenor
United Kingdom Bach, Chopin, Scriabin, Granados, Schulz-Evler: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 31.10.2012 (RB)