United States Bach, Bartók, Beethoven: András Schiff (piano), presented by Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall, University of California at Berkeley. 29.2.2012 (HS)
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Carmina Burana in Mumbai: a Mixed Success
India C. Orff, Carmina Burana: Members of the Kazakh State Philharmonic Capella, The Paranjoti Academy Chorus, Living Voices, The Stop-Gaps Choral Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra of India; Marat Bisengaliev (conductor).Jamshed Bhabha Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai, 25.2.2012 (JSM)
Well, He Certainly Got Around: St Luke’s Chamber Ensemble’s ‘Circling Bach’
United States S. Rossi, A. Vivaldi, G. F. Handel, C. P. E. Bach, Circling Bach: Myron Lutzke (cello), Elizabeth Mann (flute), St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, Brooklyn Museum, New York, 25.2.2012 (SSM)
Polish Orchestra Takes L.A. by Storm
United States Lutoslawski, Chopin and Brahms/Schoenberg: Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Wrocƚaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor), Cerritos Performing Arts Center, Cerritos (California), 2.25.2012 (LV)
Sparkling Beethoven and Glorious Haydn from Canton Symphony
United States Beethoven, Haydn: Tessa Grindle-de Graaf (soprano), Sandra Ross (mezzo-soprano), Benjamin Krumreig (tenor), Brian Keith Johnson (baritone), Canton Symphony Orchestra, Gerhardt Zimmermann (conductor), Umstattd Hall, Canton, Ohio (USA), 26.2.2012 (TW)
And Then the Earth Shook and Trembled: Rattle, the BPO and Bruckner’s Ninth
United States A. Bruckner: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York 24.2.2012 (SSM)
Dutoit, Philadelphia…and Eight Soloists
United States Martin, Mendelssohn, Bartók: Soloists, James Ehnes (violin), Philadelphia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (chief conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City. 14.2.2012 (BH)
Musica Viva Munich: A Love for Ives
Germany Ives, Poppe, Birtwistle: Stefan Asbury (conductor), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Herkulessaal, Munich, 17.2.2012 (JFL)