United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker: English National Ballet Philharmonic, English National Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor), The London Coliseum, 11.12.2014 (J.O’D)
Sighs of Pleasure at ENB’s Nutcracker
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Pons and SCO Give Exciting Performance of De Falla Works
Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Falla: Antonio Meneses (cello) Maria Toledo (cantaora), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Josep Pons (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 13.12.2014 (SRT)
Messiah from Tenebrae and Nigel Short
United Kingdom Handel, Messiah: Grace Davidson (soprano), Martha McLorinan (mezzo-soprano), David de Winter (tenor), William Gaunt (bass). Tenebrae, English Chamber Orchestra, Nigel Short (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 10.12.2014 (MB)
A Less than Earth-Shattering Messiah
United Kingdom Handel, Messiah: Sophie Bevan (soprano); Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano); John Mark Ainsley (tenor); Ashley Roches (baritone); Chorus and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Robert Howarth (director). Barbican Hall, London, 9.12.2014 (CC)
Piotr Anderszewski, Taking the Path Less Played
Schumann, Szymanowski, Bach: Piotr Anderszewski (pianist), Großer Saal of the Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna. 26.11.2014 (SS)
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An Inexhaustible Source of Superb Quartets
United States Beethoven, Shostakovich, and Brahms: Dover Quartet, Roberto Diaz (viola), Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 9.12.2014 (BJ)
The Philadelphia Orchestra Makes Amends to Brahms
United States Brahms, Haydn, and Strauss: Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 6.12.2014 (BJ)