United Kingdom Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera, Jaime Martin (conductor). Coliseum, London, 25.20.2014 (MB)
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Krzysztof Urbański Impresses with the Philharmonia
United Kingdom Smetana, Chopin, Dvořák. Jan Lisiecki (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Krzysztof Urbański (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London 23.10.2014 (RB)
A Mainstream Programme from Saraste and the LPO but a Fascinating Evening Nonetheless
United Kingdom Wagner, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky: Maria João Pires (piano), Augustin Dumay (violin), Antonio Meneses (cello), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 24.10.2014 (CC)
Recital in Memory of Alfredo Kraus
Spain Verdi, Donizetti, Gounod, Massenet, Bizet, Moniuszko, Puccini, Piotr Beczala (tenor), Teatro Real Orchestra, Marc Piollet (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 24.10.2014 (JMI)
Outstanding Alcina: Highlighted by Joyce DiDonato
Spain Handel: Alcina, The English Concert, Harry Bicket (conductor), El Baluarte, Pamplona, and Auditorio Nacional, Madrid, 12 & 14.10.2014 (JMI)
Fascinating Experiments from the Danish Quartet
Canada Mendelssohn, Shostakovich and Beethoven: Danish Quartet (Frederick Oland and Rune Tonsgaard Sorenson, violins; Asbjorn Norgaard, viola; Frederik Schoyen Sjolin, cello), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, BC. 19.10.2014. (GN)
“New-ish” Juilliard Quartet Lives up to Its Tradition
United States Berg and Schubert: Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Juilliard Quartet, Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 24.10.2014 (BJ)
Søndergård’s Metamorphosen Reduces Audience to Silence
United Kingdom Strauss, Beethoven, Bartók: Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 24.10.2014 (SRT)