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Concert Reviews

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Amazing Musical  and Pianistic Insight from Andreas Staier  

07/11/201430/10/2014 by Geoff DIggines

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schubert, Schumann, Beethoven: Andreas Staier (fortepiano), Wigmore Hall, London, 23.10.2014

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An Enthralling Beethoven Recital from Pires, Dumay and Meneses

07/11/201430/10/2014 by Geoff DIggines

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven: Maria Joăo Pires (piano), Augustin Dumay (violin), Antonio Meneses (cello), Wigmore Hall, London, 27.10.2014. (GD)

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Youthful Vitality in Schubert Lieder Performances

07/11/201430/10/2014 by Curtis Rogers

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – The Schubert Project. Christiane Karg (soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Joseph Middleton (piano): Holywell Music Room, Oxford 21.10.2014. (CR)

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Broderick and Padmore Perform Schubert Lieder and Arias

07/11/201430/10/2014 by Curtis Rogers

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Oxford Lieder Festival – The Schubert Project: Katherine Broderick (soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), Julius Drake and Bengt Forsberg (piano),  Holywell Music Room, Oxford 24.10.2014. (CR)

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A Great Performance of Rossini’s Last and  Greatest Operatic Achievement

07/11/201430/10/2014 by Robert Farr

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gioachino Rossini, William Tell. Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera/Carlo Rizzi (conductor)Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno. 24.10. 2014.(RJF)

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Gautier Capuçon and Frank Braley: An Outstanding Partnership

07/11/201429/10/2014 by Robert Beattie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Schubert, Debussy, Britten. Gautier Capuçon (cello), Frank Braley (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 26.10.2014 (RB)

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More Excitement than Repose from Jurowski and Ibragimova

07/11/201428/10/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Anderson, Mozart, and Strauss: Alina Ibragimova (violin), Philadelphia Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 25.10.2014 (BJ)

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Scintillating Schumann, Shame about the Salonen

07/11/201426/10/2014 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Brahms, Salonen, Schumann  Tonhalle Orchestra, Zurich, Lionel Bringuier (conductor), Juho Pohjonen (piano), Tonhalle, Zurich  26.10.14 (JR)

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