Austria Salzburg Mozartwoche (5) – Mendelssohn, Mozart, and Weinberg: Kremerata Baltica, Radu Lupu (piano/conductor). Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 31.1.2016. (MB)
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The Elias Quartet: Particularly Persuasive in Mendelssohn and Schumann
Austria Salzburg Mozartwoche (4) – Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Schumann: Elias Quartet (Sara Bittloch, Donald Grant [violins], Martin Saving [viola], Marie Bittloch [cello]). Grosse Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 31.1.2016 (MB)
A Terrific Evening with the Takács Quartet
United Kingdom Beethoven, Timo Andres and Elgar: Takács Quartet (Edward Dusinberre & Károly Schranz [violins], Geraldine Walther [viola], András Fejér [cello]), Aleksandar Madžar (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 3.2.2016 (CS)
The Škampa String Quartet Display Mastery in Czech Quartets
United Kingdom Smetana, Janáček: Škampa String Quartet (Helena Jiřikovská, Aděla Štajnochrová [violins], Radím Sedmidubský [viola], Lukáš Polák [cello]). LSO St Luke’s, London, 4.2.2016 (CC)
The RPO on Fine Form at the Start of Their Seventieth Anniversary Year
United Kingdom Roslavets, Ravel and Shostakovich: Ingrid Fliter (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ilan Volkov (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.2.2016 (CS)
Ian Bostridge’s Winterreise is a Magnificent Obsession
United Kingdom Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: performed by Ian Bostridge (tenor),Joseph Middleton (piano). The Barber Institute, Birmingham, 3.2.2014 (GR).
Exciting Piemontesi Plays a Brace of Mozart Concertos with SCO
United Kingdom Beethoven, Mozart: Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Andrew Manze (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 04.02.2016 (SRT)
Impressive Mendelssohn from Pablo Heras-Casado
Austria Salzburg Mozartwoche (3) – Mendelssohn: Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Werner Güra, Dániel Aŕva (tenors), Matthias Winckhler, Marcell Attila Krovokay (basses), Arnold Schoenberg Chor (chorus master: Erwin Ortner), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg 30.1.2016. (MB)
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