United Kingdom Fauré, Saint-Saëns, Berlioz: Javier Perianes (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Matthias Pintscher (conductor), City Halls, Glasgow, 4.12.2014. (CG)
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Piemontesi Plays Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto with a Silvery Legato
United Kingdom Beethoven: Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Olari Elts (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 3.12.2014 (SRT)
Emotional Brahms and Roof-Raising Bruckner from Oxford Philomusica
United Kingdom Brahms, Bruckner: Yuri Zhislin (violin), Peter Adams (cello), Jennifer France (soprano), Katharine Goeldner (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Darren Jeffery (bass), Philharmonia Chorus, Oxford Philomusica / Marios Papadopoulos (conductor), Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 29.11.2014(CR)
A Stimulating Evening of Birtwistle
United Kingdom Birtwistle: A Celebration London Sinfonietta, RAM Manson Ensemble, David Atherton, Geoffrey Paterson (conductors). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 5.12.2014 (CC)
Gaffigan Gives Enticing Mozart and Balletic Shostakovich
Canada Barber, Mozart and Shostakovich: Philippe Quint (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, James Gaffigan (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC, 29.11.2014. (GN)
A Final Bow for a Beloved Nutcracker
Canada Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker: Soloists, Pacific Northwest Ballet and Orchestra, Kent Stowell (choreography), Maurice Sendak (sets and costumes), Emil de Cou (conductor). McCaw Hall, Seattle, Washington. 1.12.2014 (RC)
Finesse and Magic from Juraj Valčuha and the Philharmonia
United Kingdom Strauss, Mozart, and Humperdinck: Jonathan Biss (piano), Olena Tokar (soprano), Kai Rüütel (mezzo-soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Juraj Valčuha (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 4.12.2014 (MB)
The UK Première of James MacMillan’s Gripping and Moving St. Luke Passion
United Kingdom Britten, MacMillan. Toby Spence (tenor), Richard Watkins (horn). CBSO Chorus, CBSO Youth Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, James MacMillan (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 4.12.2014 (JQ)