Germany Berio, Ravel: David Robertson (conductor), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Herkulessaal, Munich 2.12.2011 (JFL)
International Concerts
All non-UK concert reviews
Even at Less Than Their Best, Takács Gets to the Heart Of Three Twentieth-Century Quartets
United States Janáček, Britten, Ravel: Takács Quartet (Edward Dusinberre, Károly Schranz, violins; Geraldine Walther, viola; András Fejér, cello), presented by Cal Performances, Hertz Hall, University of California at Berkeley. 4.12.2011 (HS)
Masur in the Golden Twilight Of His Career: in Zurich With the Tonhalle
Switzerland Shostakovich, Beethoven, R. Strauss: Tonhalle Orchestra, Zurich, Kurt Masur (conductor), Helen Huang (piano), Tonhalle Zurich, 2.12.2011 (JR)
Alexandre Tharaud in Recital: A Case of the Perpetual Puppies
Germany Debussy, Scarlatti: Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Munich, 29.11.2011 (JFL)
Joyous Verónica Cangemi at Teatro Colón
Argentina Handel, Vivaldi, Telemann: Verónica Cangemi, Jean-Christophe Spinosi (conductor), Orquesta Barroca Argentina, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 22.11.2011. (JSJ)
Gil Shaham, Michael Tilson Thomas Revel in Brahms
United States Wagner, Brahms, Brahms-Schoenberg: Gil Shaham (violin), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), San Francisco Symphony, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 26.11.2011 (HS)
An All-Around Musician: Jeffrey Kahane Conducts and Performs Bach, Mozart and Beethoven
United States J.S Bach, Mozart, Beethoven: Sheryl Staples (violin), Liang Wang (oboe), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane (conductor, harpsichord and piano), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City, 22.11.2011 (SSM)
A Critical Confession: A Young Moldovan in the Pianistic Jungle in Rome
Italy Bach, Mozart, Prokofiev, Constantinov, Liszt: Serghei Constantinov (piano), Teatro Ghione, Rome, 27.11.2011 (JB)