United States Wagner, Berg, and Ravel: Elisa Barston (violin), Participants in UW Opera Workshop (Thomas Harper, director), University of Washington Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan Pasternack (conductor), Meany Hall, Seattle, 30.4.2012 (BJ)
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The Storm Within the Calm: Richard Goode Plays Schumann and Chopin
United Kingdom Schumann, Chopin: Richard Goode (piano), Carnegie Hall, New York, 25.4.2012 (SSM)
The Quatuor Ebène on Top Form at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Mozart, Schubert, and Tchaikovsky: Quatuor Ebène, Wigmore Hall, London, 1.5.2012 (MB)
An Outstanding London Recital by Yuja Wang
United Kingdom Rachmaninov, Beethoven, Scriabin and Prokofiev: Yuja Wang (piano) Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 1.5.2012 (RB)
Elisabetta Steals the Show in Houston’s “Maria Stuarda”
United States Donizetti, Maria Stuarda: Soloists, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Patrick Summers (Conductor), Houston Grand Opera, Houston, Texas, 29.4.2012 (AS)
Three Musical Reflections on Napoleon from Cardiff
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Schoenberg, Beethoven: David Soar (narrator), David Adams, Heather Badke-Hohmann (violins), Philip Heyman (violin), Rosie Biss (cello), James Southall (piano), Community Choir, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Lothar Koenigs (conductor), St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 27.4.2012 (GPu)
Reviving Vivaldi: Juilliard Plays All Vivaldi Program
United States Vivaldi: The Glories of Venice, Juilliard Historical Performance Faculty, Juilliard415, Monica Huggett (director), Corpus Christi Church, New York, 22.4.2012 (SSM)
ENO’s Flying Dutchman – Fascinating and Stimulating
United Kingdom Wagner: The Flying Dutchman: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera /Edward Gardner. London Coliseum, 28.4.2012 (CC)