United States Kodály, Ligeti, Dvořák: Alec Frank-Gemill (horn), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Robin Ticciati (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 21.1.2012 (SRT)
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An Eclectic Concert from Chicago
United States J. Strauss, Beethoven, Dvořák: Till Fellner (piano), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (conductor). Symphony Center (Chicago), 21.1.2012 (JLZ)
Bournonville’s Folk Tale Enchants at the Royal Danish Ballet
Denmark Niels W. Gade and J.P.E. Hartmann, Et Folkesagn [A Folk Tale]: The Royal Danish Ballet and the Royal Danish Orchestra, Carolyn Kuan (conductor), Operaen, Copenhagen. 21.1.2012 (NS)
Carydis’ Conducting Gives Don Giovanni a Mauling
United Kingdom Mozart, Don Giovanni : Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Constantinos Carydis (conductor). 21.1.2012 (CC)
Haydn and Mendelssohn Outpace Vasks
United States Haydn, Vasks, and Mendelssohn: Maria Larionoff (violin), Seattle Symphony, Olari Elts (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 21.1.2012 (BJ)
The London Sinfonietta Celebrates Wolfgang Rihm at Sixty
United Kingdom Rihm, Saunders, Widmann: London Sinfonietta, Andrew Zolinsky (piano), Thierry Fischer (conductor), Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 24.1.2012 (GDn)
Julius Caesar in Helsinki – Superb Singing, Controversial Concept
Finland Handel, Julius Caesar: Helsinki Baroque Orchestra in cooperation with the Finnish National Opera Orchestra, soloists, Howard Arman (conductor), Finnish National Opera, Helsinki. 20.1.2012 (GF)
The Belcea Quartet: Magnificent in Beethoven
United Kingdom Beethoven: Belcea Quartet (Corina Belcea-Fisher, Axel Schacher (violins), Krzysztof Chorzelski (viola), Antoine Lederlin (cello)). Wigmore Hall, London, 21.1.2012 (MB)