United Kingdom Saints-Saëns, Brahms, Debussy, Prokofiev: Raphael Wallfisch (cello), John York (piano), Kings Place, London, 18.10.2015 (CS)
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Ibragimova and Tiberghien Bring Penetrating Musicianship and Much Else to Mozart
United Kingdom Mozart: Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (piano), Wigmore Hall, London 27.10.2015 (CS)
A Compelling Performance in Wexford of a Seldom-Staged Delius Opera
Ireland Delius: Koanga, Wexford Festival Orchestra and Chorus, Stephen Barlow (conductor), National Opera House, Wexford, 27.10.2015 (JMI)
The Mariinsky Orchestra Star Amid the Tchaikovsky Prize Winners
United Kingdom Debussy, Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Rachmaninoff.Andrei Ionuț Ioniță (cello), Yulia Matochkina (mezzo soprano), Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar (baritone), Dmitry Masleev (piano), Mariinsky Orchestra/Valery Gergiev (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London. 26.10.2015 (LB)
Philharmonia on Tour in Switzerland Impress with First-Rate Eroica.
Switzerland Dubugnon, Brahms and Beethoven: Philharmonia Orchestra, Arabella Steinbacher (violin) Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Tonhalle Zurich 27.10.15 (JR)
A Loving Vespers from Stephen Stubbs
Canada Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610, Jolie Greenleaf and Catherine Webster (sopranos), Laura Pudwell (alto), Reginald L. Mobley (alto), Charles Daniels, Zachary Wilder and Ross Hauck (tenors), Douglas Williams and Charles Robert Williams (bass-baritones), Vancouver Chamber Choir, Pacific MusicWorks, Stephen Stubbs (conductor and lute), Chan Centre, Vancouver, 23.10.2015
Accomplished but Understated Singing from Henk Neven
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – Mendelssohn, Schumann, & Brahms: Henk Neven (baritone), Imogen Cooper (piano): Holywell Music Room, Oxford 26.10.2015. (CR)
The Scottish Ensemble Pay Homages to Schubert
United Kingdom Akhunov, Tabakova, Schubert: Maxim Rysanov (viola); Scottish Ensemble/Jonathan Morton (director), Wigmore Hall, London. 24.10.2015. (LB)