Graceful Mozart, Exhilarating Beethoven from CBSO
28/03/2013
United Kingdom Wagner, Mozart, Beethoven: Paul Lewis (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor), St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 22.03.2013 (GPu) Read more
Exquisite Lenten Music from Stile Antico
27/03/2013
United Kingdom Miserere – Penitential Music by Byrd and his Contemporaries:Stile Antico. Wigmore Hall, 26.3.2013 (MB)
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Youth and Experience Triumph in Beethoven and Bruckner
27/03/2013
United Kingdom Beethoven, Bruckner: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 26.3.2013 (JQ) Read more
Variable Schubert and Brahms from the LSO – and a Totally Forgettable Première
26/03/2013
United Kingdom Eloise Nancy Gynn, Schubert, and Brahms: Nikolaj Znaider (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon, Manfred Honeck (conductors). Barbican Hall, London, 24.4.2013 (MB)
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Bob Chilcott’s St .John Passion Premièred Auspiciously in Wells
26/03/2013
United States Chilcott, St. John Passion: Soloists, Wells Cathedral Choir, Instrumental Ensemble, Jonathan Vaughn (organ) / Matthew Owens (conductor), Wells Cathedral, 24.3.2013 (JQ) Read more
Bach Concert “Unwraps” Links between Concertos and Cantatas
25/03/2013
United Kingdom Bach: Anna Dennis (soprano), Stuart Jackson (tenor), Tim Mead (counter-tenor), George Humphreys (bass), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / John Butt (director/harpsichord), Kings Place, London, 22.3.2013 (GD)
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Polish Italian Duo Champions Forgotten English Composer
25/03/2013
United Kingdom Beethoven, Janáček, Barber, Ashton, Chopin: Evva Mizerska (cello) & Emma Abbate (piano), Sherwell Centre, Plymouth University, Plymouth. 23.3.2013 (PRB) Read more
Outstanding Lutosławski from Salonen and the Philharmonia
24/03/2013
United Kingdom Ravel, Lutosławski: Matthias Goerne (baritone), Jennifer Koh (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, 21. 3. 2013. (CD) Read more
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This joyous set of Beethoven's sonatas takes its place among the very best. 
In its own way, the Seven Words of Christ is just as sublime as the Stabat Mater. 
This sensitive, dynamic recording is a joy, and may even constitute a revelation. 
The pair exhibits a refined style on these illuminating performances. 
A deeply affecting experience that ought to win the opera many new admirers. 
It's the singers who save this particular production of Verdi's opera 
A US opera union probe finds singer guilty of abusing power 
The Southbank Centre played host to a perfect and passionate performance 
On a night to remember, the Albanian singer explores with shattering force the music championed by a 
