United States Spring for Music, Concert V: Messiaen, Debussy, Qigang Chen: Xiaoduo Chen (soprano), Meng Meng (qingyi and soprano), Wu Man (pipa), Hong Wang (erhu), Yang Yi (zheng), Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Edo de Waart (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 11.5.2012 (BH)
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Pinnock Brings a Scotch Snap to Chicago
United States Debussy, Beethoven, Mendelssohn: Kristian Bezuidenhout (piano), Stefan Jackiw (violin), Pavel Gomziako (cello), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Trevor Pinnock (conductor), Symphony Center, Chicago, 8.6.2012 (JLZ)
Magical Start to the 21st Longborough Opera Festival
United Kingdom Mozart, The Magic Flute: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Longborough Festival Opera, Gianluca Marcianò (conductor), Longborough, Gloucestershire, 9-16.6.2012. (RJ)
Haitink’s Unshowy Integrity in a Rewarding LSO Concert
United Kingdom Purcell, Mozart, Schubert: Maria João Pires (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 10.6.2012 (MB)
Mozart String Quintets at Montreal Music Festival
Canada Mozart: The Complete String Quintets, Afiara Quartet, Cecilia Quartet, Barry Shiffman (viola), Michael Tree (viola), Montreal Chamber Music Festival, St. George’s Church, Montreal, 29.5.2012 and 31.5.2012 (SSM)
Angela Hewitt Excels in French Music
United Kingdom Couperin, Faure, Rameau: Angela Hewitt (piano), Wigmore Hall, London 7.6.2012 (RB)
Fabulous Oedipe at Teatro Colón
Enescu: Oedipe: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Colón, Ira Levin (conductor), Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 1.6.2012. (JSJ)