Italy Mozart, Rossini: Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Chorus Master, Ciro Visco. Conductor, Nicola Luisotti. Erika Grimaldi (soprano) Varduhi Abrahamyan (mezzosoprano) Antonino Siracusa (tenor) Ildebrando D’Arcangelo (bass). Sala Santa Cecilia, Parco della Musica, Rome 10.01.2015 (JB)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Garrick Ohlsson Marks the Scriabin Centenary
United Kingdom Scriabin: Garrick Ohlsson (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 6.1.2015 (MB)
A Rather Disappointing Recital from Rafal Blechacz
United Kingdom Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin. Rafal Blechacz (piano) Wigmore Hall, London, 8.1.2015 (CC)
Orozco-Estrada/Tonkünstler: Mahler’s Sixth Played from Below
Austria Prokofiev: Andrés Orozco-Estrada (conductor), Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich. Großer Saal of the Musikverein, Vienna. 19.12.2014 (SS)
Dudamel and Venezuelans Disappoint In London
United Kingdom Beethoven, Wagner. Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela: Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London. 8.1.2015 (JPr)
The Brentano String Quartet: Absorbing and Impassioned
United Kingdom Mozart, Bartók and Brahms: Brentano String Quartet [Mark Steinberg & Serena Canon (violins), Misha Amory (viola), Nina Lee (cello)], Wigmore Hall, London, 7.1.2015 (CS)
The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Play Their Hearts Out in a Demanding Programme
United Kingdom Bach (arr. Elgar), Respighi, Elgar. National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, John Wilson (conductor), Barbican Hall, London. 4.1.2015 (LB)
CBSO’s Magic of Vienna Struggles to Weave a Spell
United Kingdom The Magic of Vienna: Kate Royal (soprano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Duncan Ward (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 4:1:2015 (GR).