Austria G. Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani, Wiener Staatsoper orchestra and chorus, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Vienna Staatsoper, 12.9.2012 (JMI)
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Spoiled Beethoven and Strauss from the Tonhalle
Switzerland Beethoven. R. Strauss: Marc-André Hamelin, Tonhalle Orchester, David Zinman (conductor), Tonhalle, Zurich 20.9.2012 (JR)
Leonskaya Plays Schubert with Finesse and Sensibility.
United Kingdom Schubert: Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 18.9.2012 (GD)
Seattle Symphony Opening Night—Festivities, But No Tchaikovsky
United States Smith, Gershwin, Bernstein, and Copland: Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Joshua Bell (violin), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 15.9.2012 (BJ)
The Lawson Trio at the Cheltenham Contemporary Concerts Series
United Kingdom Schubert, Powers, Panufnik, Frances-Hoad, Beethoven: The Lawson Trio (Fenella Humphries – violin, Rebecca Knight – cello, Annabelle Lawson – piano), Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham, 19.9.2012
Claus Guth’s Fast Moving Ulysses in Vienna
Austria Monteverdi: Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria: Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (conductor), Theater an der Wien, 9.9.2012 (JMI)
A Fine Moses und Aron Concert Performance in Madrid
Spain Arnold Schönberg: Moses und Aron: SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden-Freiburg, EuropaChor Akademie, Sylvain Cambreling (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real. 7.9.2012 (JMI)
Moments of Delight in Martinů’s Julietta
United Kingdom Martinů, Julietta: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of English National Opera/Edward Gardner (conductor), London Coliseum, 17.9.2012 (CC)