United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2013 (8) – Schubert, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble, Mark Minkowski (conductor) Usher Hall, 14.8.2013 (SRT)
Festivals
Edinburgh International Festival 2013 (7): Clarinet Revelations
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2013 (7). Mozart, Schubert, Glinka, Brahms. Nicole Boud (clarinet), Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Jane Gower (bassoon), Sophie Gent (viola), Kristian Bezuidenhout (piano/fortepiano), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 14.8.2013 (SRT)
Edinburgh International Festival 2013 (5) – Bernarda Fink Recital
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2013 (5) – Bernarda Fink (mezzo soprano), Anthony Spiri (piano), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 23.08.2012 (SRT)
Fidelio at Edinburgh(4): A Worthy Musical Performance Compromised by a Dog’s Breakfast Production
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2013 (4) – Beethoven: Fidelio Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opéra de Lyon, Kazushi Ono (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 12.8.2013 (SRT)
An Outstanding, Visceral Billy Budd at Glyndebourne
United Kingdom Britten: Billy Budd. Soloists, The Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) Glyndebourne 10.8.2013 (RB)
PROM 37:The Urban Classic Prom: But Was It Really a Meeting of Classical and Urban Music?
United Kingdom PROM 37: Urban Classic Prom: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jules Buckley (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 10.8.2013 (GDn)
PHOTO: BBC/Chris Christodoulou
Aspen’s Peter Grimes an Unalloyed Triumph
United States Aspen Music Festival (7): Britten, Soloists, Aspen Festival Orchestra, Colorado Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, Colorado. 27.7.2013 (HS)