United Kingdom Beethoven, Zimmermann: Reinhold Friedrich (trumpet), Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Lothar Koenigs (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 31.10.2014 (PCG)
UK Concerts
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Uchida, Haitink and the LSO Exceed Even the Highest Expectations
United Kingdom Debussy, Mozart, and Brahms: Dame Mitsuko Uchida (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 30.10.2014 (MB)
Old-School Brahms from Walter Weller
United Kingdom Richard Strauss and Brahms. Eduardo Vassallo (cello), Christopher Yates (viola), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Walter Weller (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 30.10.2014 (JQ)
In a Class on Their Own
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – The Schubert Project (1). Schubert Masterclass with Felicity Lott: Dame Felicity Lott, Jonathan Hyde (baritone), Kaoru Wada (piano), Clara Fournillier (soprano), Béatrice de Larragoïti (soprano), Matthieu Esnult (piano): St. Columba’s Church, Oxford 17.10.2014. (MH)
Magnificent Rachmaninoff from Pavel Kolesnikov
United Kingdom Rachmaninoff: Pavel Kolesnikov (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 29.10.2014 (CS)
A Sense of the Dramatic in Kirschlager’s Tribute to Schubert
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – The Schubert Project. Angelika Kirschlager (mezzo-soprano), James Sherlock (piano): Holywell Music Room, Oxford 29.10.2014. (CR)
Amazing Musical and Pianistic Insight from Andreas Staier
United Kingdom Schubert, Schumann, Beethoven: Andreas Staier (fortepiano), Wigmore Hall, London, 23.10.2014
An Enthralling Beethoven Recital from Pires, Dumay and Meneses
United Kingdom Beethoven: Maria Joăo Pires (piano), Augustin Dumay (violin), Antonio Meneses (cello), Wigmore Hall, London, 27.10.2014. (GD)