United Kingdom Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Dmitri Alexeev (piano), St. Petersburg Philharmonic,Yuri Temirkanov (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 1.4.2012 (MC)
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Romantic Bliss, Sublime Brutality from the Canton Symphony
United States Brahms, Berlioz: David Requiro (cello), Nathan Olson (violin), Canton Symphony Orchestra, Gerhardt Zimmermann (conductor), Umstattd Hall, Canton, Ohio, 31.3.2012 (TW)
Seattle Young Artists Program Presents Donizetti’s Don Pasquale
United States Donizetti, Don Pasquale: Seattle Opera Young Artists Program, soloists, Seattle Opera Young Artists Program Orchestra, Brian Garman (conductor), Peter Kazaras (director), Meany Hall, Seattle, 31.3.2012 (BJ)
Schubert Trio Lifts the Spirits in Cardiff
United Kingdom Schubert: Lesley Hadfield Trio: Lesley Hadfield (violin), Alistair Beatson (piano), Guy Johnston (cello), Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff, 30.3.2010. (GPu)
Berlin Staatsoper 2013 Festtage Announced
Germany Concerts and Operas Planned for 2013 (MB)
Trifling with Die Zauberflöte
Italy Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Teatro dell’Opera, Rome, 31.3.2012 (JB)
A Triumph for Handel and Everybody Else
United States Handel: Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno: Amanda Forsythe and Dominique Labelle (sopranos), Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor), Ross Hauck (tenor), Pacific MusicWorks Baroque Orchestra, Stephen Stubbs (conductor, harpsichord, and lute), Daniels Recital Hall, Seattle, 30.3.2012 (BJ)
Zinman Not a Natural Brucknerian
Switzerland Mozart, Bruckner: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, David Zinman (conductor), Stephen Kovacevich (piano), Tonhalle, Zurich, 29.3.2012 (JR)