United States Rossini, Victor Herbert, Beethoven: Alan Rafferty (cello), Seven Hills Sinfonietta, William White (music director), Congregation B’nai Tzedek, Cincinnati, Ohio. 17.11.2013 (RDA)
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Making Ives Palatable, Grieg Rhapsodic, Elgar Triumphant
United States Ives, Grieg, Elgar: Alexander Schimpf (piano), Canton Symphony Orchestra, Gerhardt Zimmermann (conductor), Umstattd Performing Arts Hall, Canton, Ohio, USA, 24.11.2013 (TW)
More Outstanding Bach from András Schiff
United Kingdom Bach: András Schiff (piano), Wigmore Hall, London 26.11.2013 (GDn)
Gardiner’s Beethoven continues to enthrall
Switzerland Beethoven and Mozart , Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Chiara Skerath (soprano), Tonhalle, Zurich 26.11.2013 (JR)
Britten’s Cautionary Tale, Operatic Posturing Excised
United States Britten, Owen Wingrave: Soloists of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Kenneth Shaw (stage director), Johannes Müller-Stosch (conductor), CCM Concert Hall, Cincinnati, OH. 22.11.2013 (RDA)
Some Great Singing, a Pity about the Production and Set
United Kingdom Gaetano Donizetti, Maria Stuarda: (Sung in Italian with surtitles in English and Welsh). Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera (on tour) / Robin Newton (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno, 21.11.2013. (RJW)
Plenty of Balletic Humour in a Shrewish Tale
United Kingdom Cranko/Scarlatti, The Taming of the Shrew: Soloists and Corps de Ballet of the Stuttgart Ballet / Wolfgang Heinz (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 23.11.2013. (JPr)
Great Singing but a Drab Set and Dull Costumes
United Kingdom Gaetano Donizetti, Anna Bolena: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Michael Ward (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno, 20.11.2013.