United Kingdom Various composers: Natalia Romaniw (soprano) with Andrew Matthews-Owen (piano); Morriston Orpheus Choir, Alice Reed (piano), Les Ryan (organ), Joy Amman Davies (conductor); The Ariosa Singers, Hywel Evans (piano), Penny Ryan (conductor). All Saints’ Church, Oystermouth, Swansea, 02.06.2012. (GPu)
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The Philharmonia Marks the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
United Kingdom In Celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee: Walton, Elgar, and Holst: Natalie Clein (cello), Philharmonia Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 5.6.2012 (MB)
Keeping it Airborne: Juan Diego Florez’s Rome Recital
Italy Songs and Arias by Bononcini, Ciampi, Piccinni, Rossini, Meyerbeer, Gounod, Lalo, Offenbach, Padilla, Garcia, Soutullo, Vert, Donizetti, Juan Diego Florez (tenor) Vincenzo Scalera (piano), Sala Santa Cecilia, Rome, 24.5.2012 (JB)
Rumbustious Business: Attila at the Rome Opera
Italy Verdi, Attila: Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro dell’Opera Rome, Riccardo Muti (conductor), 27.5.2012 (JB)
Yundi (Li) Plays a Mixture of Chopin and Chinese Music in Istanbul Music Festival.
Turkey Chopin, Zhang Zhao, Ren Guang: Yundi (piano), Istanbul Music Festival, Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall, Istanbul 02.6.12 (AM)
An Impressive Mahler Fifth from Tiison Thomas and the LSO
United Kingdom Mozart and Mahler: Gil Shaham (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 3.6.2012. (JPr)
Magnificent Mozart, Kurtág and Brahms from the Elias
United Kingdom Mozart, Kurtág, Brahms: Elias Quartet, Pascal Moragues (clarinet) Wigmore Hall, London., 30.5.2012. (GD)
Garsington Opera Maintains its Standards in its New Home
United Kingdom Mozart, Vivaldi: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Garsington Opera/Douglas Boyd and Laurence Cummings (conductors) Wormsley, Berkshire, 3 & 4.6.2012.(RJF)