United States Bach/Brahms, Beethoven, Fauré: Paul Hersh (piano), Wayne Lee (violin), Alan Iglitzin (viola), Jennifer Culp (cello), Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 12.8.2012 (BJ)
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Aspen XII: Visits to France, Germany and…the USA
United States Aspen Music Festival (XII): Thibaudet plays Saint-Saëns; Gil Shaham find the soul in Britten’s concerto; Ray Chen gets loud with Bach, Beethoven and Franck; Spano leads uplifting Messiaen. 12.8.2012 (HS)
Notes from the 2012 Salzburg Festival – 5
Austria Schnittke, Mozart, Stravinsky: Andrius Zlabys (piano), Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor), Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 12.8.2012 (JFL)
Notes from the 2012 Salzburg Festival – 4
Austria Beethoven: Hagen Quartett (Lukas Hagen, v1 – Rainer Schmidt v2, Veronika Hagen, va – Clemens Hagen, vc), Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 11. & 12.8.2012 (JFL)
Notes from the 2012 Salzburg Festival – 3
Austria F.Schubert: Gerold Huber (piano), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Haus für Mozart, Salzburg, 10.8.2012 (JFL)
Breslik’s Sweltering, Paradisical Müllerin
Germany F.Schubert: Amir Katz (piano), Pavol Breslik (tenor), Oleg Kagan Musikfest, Wildbad Kreuth, 13.7.2012 (JFL)
MM 3: And No Birds Sing
United States Mostly Mozart 3: Mozart, Bach, Mendelssohn: Lisa Batiashvili (violin), François Leleux (oboe), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 5.8.2012 (SSM)
Aspen XI: Potent Dvořák Cello Concerto, Spano as Quarterback
United States Aspen Music Festival (XI): Denk dashes off Schoenberg concerto, Isbin shows pluck, Weilersteins wow in Dvorak and Shostakovich. 6.8.2012 (HS)