United Kingdom Dvorak, Saunders, Tchaikovsky: Carolin Widmann (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Lionel Bringuier (conductor), Barbican, London, 10.2.2012 (GDn)
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Schmaltzy Wallace, Thrilling Strauss and Lustrous Elgar from RSNO
United Kingdom Wallace, Strauss, Elgar: Tasmin Little (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 3.2.2012 (SRT)
A Romantic Evening in Edinburgh with Kluxen, Dinnerstein and the RSNO
United Kingdom Ravel, Mozart, Puccini, Mascagni, R Strauss: Simone Dinnerstein (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Christian Kluxen (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 10.02.2012 (SRT)
Tyne Daly Brings Her Imperious Maria Callas Performance To London’s West End
United Kingdom Master Class: The Manhattan Theatre Club Production of Terrence McNally’s play staring Tyne Daly, directed by Stephen Wadsworth. Vaudeville Theatre, London, 8.2.12. (JPr)
Goldberg Variations: Refracted and Re-Gilded
United States Bach/Holloway: Steven Ryan and Catherine Venable (piano), “Refracted Bach: Dessoff Choirs’ 2012 Midwinter Festival,” Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, 7.02.2012 (SSM)
City of London Sinfonia Tribute to Scott of the Antarctic
United Kingdom Vaughan Williams, Cecilia McDowell: Robert Murray (tenor) Katherine Watson (soprano) Hugh Bonneville (narrator), City of London Sinfonia & Ladies of the Holst Singers Stephen Layton (conductor) , Symphony Hall, Birmingham 3.2.2012 (CT)
Juri Gilbo’s RCP St. Petersburg & Andrei Gavrilov Electrify in Istanbul
Turkey Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Beethoven: Russian Chamber Philharmonic St Petersburg, Juri Gilbo (conductor), Andrei Gavrilov (piano), Istanbul 8.2.12 (AM)
Overwhelming by Underwhelming: Kissin meets Grieg in Rome
Italy Brahms, Grieg, Tchaikovsky: Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, James Judd (conductor), Evgene Kissin (piano), Sala Santa Cecilia, Parco della Musica, Rome, 6.2.2012 (JB)