United Kingdom Schubert, Britten, Shostakovich Pavel Haas Quartet (Veronika Jarůšková, Marek Zwiebel (violins); Pavel Nikl (viola); Peter Jarůšek (cello) with Daniil Trifonov (piano). Wigmore Hall, London 2.12.2013, (CC)
UK Concerts
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Randall Thompson Returns to Favour in BBC NOW’s Americana Series
United Kingdom Copland, Randall Thompson, Hanson, Bernstein, Piston: Adam Walker (flute), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Carlos Kalmar (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff. 2.12.2013 (PCG)
Mellow, Burnished Tone from Vengerov
United Kingdom Franck, Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky: Maxim Vengerov (violin), Marios Papadopoulos (piano). Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 1.12.2013 (CR)
Galvanizing Choral Conclusion to Oxford’s Beethoven Festival
United Kingdom Beethoven: Julia Kogan (soprano), Diana Moore (mezzo soprano), James Edwards (tenor), Darren Jeffery (baritone), Beethoven Festival Chorus, Oxford Philomusica / Marios Papadopoulos (conductor), Beethoven Festival, Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 30.11.2013 (CR)
Tension and Contrast in Oxford Philomusica’s Beethoven Festival
United Kingdom Beethoven: Oxford Philomusica / Marios Papadopoulos (pianist and conductor), Beethoven Festival, Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 16.11.2013. (CR)
Marvellous Singing from Jacques Imbrailo in Recital
United Kingdom Vaughan Williams, Stephen Hough, Liszt, Butterworth: Jacques Imbrailo (baritone), Alisdair Hogarth (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 30. 11.2013 (RB)
Superb Schubertiade from the Gould Piano Trio
United Kingdom Schubert: Gould Piano Trio: Lucy Gould (violin), Alice Neary (cello), Benjamin Frith (piano) Great Hall, Dartington, 29.11.2013 (PRB)
Christina Ortiz Surprisingly Disappointing in Chopin
United Kingdom Chopin: Christina Ortiz (piano) Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 27.11.2013 (CC)