United States Winter Festival: various artists, in Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle (BJ)
International Concerts
All non-UK concert reviews
Completing Unfinished Mozart—With Weber
United States Mozart, Zaide; Weber, Abu Hassan: Soloists, Queen City Chamber Opera, Isaac Selya (conductor), Cincinnati, Ohio. 26.1.2013 (RDA)
Two Singers Almost Overwhelm Intimate Morgan Space
United States Dowland, Poulenc, Barber, Mozart, Schubert, Gluck, Weill, Gershwin: Anthony Dean Griffey (tenor), Emalie Savoy (soprano), Ken Noda (piano), Morgan Library, New York City. 13.1.2013 (BH)
Carolin Widmann: Not Beautiful, Courageous
Germany Schumann, Schubert, Ives: Carolin Widmann (violin), Alexander Lonquich (piano), Bavarian Radio – Studio 2, Munich, 16.1.2013 (JFL)
Matthew Halls Takes Bach’s Breath Away
United States Handel, Rameau, Telemann, and Bach: Matthew Halls (conductor), Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 18.1.2013 (BJ)
A Hint of World Music in a Fascinating Aural Adventure
United States Gottry, Tomasi, Farr, Hasenpflug, Harrison, Culligan, Piazzolla: Katherine DeJongh (flute), Matthew Beck (marimba and percussion), Canton Symphony Orchestra Principals, Cable Recital Hall, Canton, Ohio, 11.1.2013
Magnificent Sibelius from Blomstedt
Switzerland Mozart, Sibelius: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Emanuel Ax (piano), Tonhalle Zurich (JR)