United Kingdom Tomkins, Taverner, Byrd, Weelkes, Gibbons, Giovanni Gabrieli, Schütz: Robert Court (organ), Simon Rees (presenter), Cambrian Consort / Philip Pooley, (conductor), St. Augustine’s Church, Penarth, 7.10.2012 (GPu)
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Explorer Schiff, Under the Surface of Bach’s WTC
United States Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: András Schiff (piano), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 7.10.2012 (HS)
Outstanding Performance of Vaughan Williams Symphony at Swansea Festival
United Kingdom Jones, Elgar, Vaughan Williams: Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Owain Arwel Hughes (conductor), Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 6.10.2012 (GPu)
Danish Conductor’s Debut: Insight, Imagination and Sheer Skill
United States Musorgsky, Tchaikovsky, and Sibelius: Seattle Symphony, Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Efe Baltacigil (cello), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 7.10.2012 (BJ)
Opera North’s Seasonal Opening Shot Finds Its Mark with Don Giovanni
United Kingdom Mozart, Don Giovanni: Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North / Tobias Ringborg (conductor), Grand Theatre, Leeds, 5.10.2012. (JL)
Inspiring Singing in Das Lied von der Erde
United Kingdom Mahler, Brahms: Diana Moore (mezzo-soprano), Daniel Norman (tenor), Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra / David Curtis (conductor), All Saints’ Church, Cheltenham, 6.10.2012. (RJ)
Memorable Portrayal of Small Town Life in Albert Herring
United Kingdom Britten, Albert Herring: Soloists & Orchestra of English Touring Opera/Michael Rosewell (conductor), Linbury Studio at the Royal Opera House, London, 4.10.2012 (CC)
“Macbeth” Goes Mondrian
Canada Verdi, Macbeth: Pacific Opera Victoria, soloists, Victoria Symphony, Timothy Vernon (conductor), Royal Theatre, Victoria, British Columbia, 4.10.2012 (BJ)