United Kingdom Debussy, Ravel: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano); Philharmonia Orchestra / Pablo Heras-Cassado (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 21.1.2018. (CC)
Distinguished Ravel from Pierre-Laurent Aimard
UK Concerts
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François-Xavier Roth in Refreshing Revivals of Lalo and Massenet
United Kingdom Wagner, Lalo, Debussy and Massenet: Edgar Moreau (cello), London Symphony Orchestra/ François-Xavier Roth (conductor), Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, London, 21.1.2018. (AS)
Ryan Wigglesworth Takes Over Beethoven Choral Symphony
United Kingdom Beethoven, Huw Watkins: Elizabeth Atherton (soprano), Clara Mouriz (mezzo-soprano), Allan Clayton (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 19.1.2018. (PCG)
Gentility and Grace from Queyras and Tharaud
United Kingdom J.S. Bach, Shostakovich, Berg, Brahms: Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 19.1.2018. (CS)
LPO’s Not So ‘Spectacular’ Organ Concert
United Kingdom Organ Spectacular – Bach, Saint-Saëns, Fauré, Jongen: James O’Donnell (organ), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Dirk Brossé (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 19.1.2018. (CC)
Quatuor Diotima Offer a ‘Shock of the New’ in Szymanowski, Saunders and Schubert
United Kingdom Szymanowski, Rebecca Saunders, and Schubert: Quatuor Diotima (Yun-Peng Zhao, Constance Ronzatti (violins), Franck Chevalier (viola), Pierre Morlet (cello)). Wigmore Hall, London, 18.1.2018. (MB)
Full-toned Dynamic Range and Rhythmic Command from Behzod Abduraimov at the Barbican
United Kingdom Wagner, Liszt, Schubert and Prokofiev: Behzod Abduraimov (piano). Barbican Hall, London, 18.1.2018. (CC)
A Wigmore Hall Recital by Alexander Melnikov on Three Pianos
United Kingdom Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, Stravinsky: Alexander Melnikov (piano), Wigmore Hall, London. 17.1.2018. (CC)