Bortnyansky, Rachmaninov, Martini, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Rossini, Vilboa, Traditional: The Lyra Vocal Ensemble, [Andrei Sysoev (tenor & leader), Aleksei Gloviznin (Bass), Zlata Goglo (mezzo), Marina Busso (soprano)], Cheltenham Minster, Cheltenham, 29.4.2015, (RJ)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Stephen Hough Fuses Virtuosity and Expressive Beauty
Debussy and Chopin: Stephen Hough (piano), Royal Festival Hall London, 28.4.2015 (CS)
The Vienna Piano Trio Surmount Distractions in Turina’s Piano Trio
Mozart, Turina and Schumann: Vienna Piano Trio, Wigmore Hall, London, 28.4.2015 (AS)
Mozart: Piano Trio in C, K548
Turina: Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 35
Schumann: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63
Winning Performances of Romantic Favourites
A Distinguished Harpsichord Recital by Mahan Esfahani
Tomkins, Gibbons, Scheidt, J. S. Bach, Jones, Kidane, Kalabis, and W.F. Bach: Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord). Milton Court, London, 27.4.2015 (MB)
A Magnificent and Varied Skryabin Centenary Recital from Garrick Ohlsson
United Kingdom Skryabin: Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Wigmore Hall London, 27.4.2015 (CS)
Political Protest Fails to Silence the Jerusalem Quartet
United Kingdom Mozart, Janáček, and Schubert: Jerusalem Quartet (Alexander Pavlovsky, Sergei Bresler (violins), Ori Kam (viola), Kyril Zlotnikov (cello)). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 24.4.2015 (MB)
Prieto Directs the RLPO in a Second Largely Latino Celebration
United Kingdom Ravel, Tchaikovsky, de Falla. Giovanni Sollima (cello), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Carlos Miguel Prieto (conductor), Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 26.4.2015 (RB)
