Italy Verdi, Britten, Beethoven Orchestra dell’ Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor, Sir Antonio Pappano. Ian Bostridge (tenor). Alessio Allegrini (horn) Sala Santa Cecilia, Parco della Musica, Rome. 25.5.2013. (JB)
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Bach’s Brandenburgs in Montreal: Complete in Every Way
Canada Bach, Brandenburg Concerti: Soloists and Winners of the 2012 Canada Musical Instrument Bank Awards, Elizabeth Wallfisch (violinist/director), St. George Church, Montreal, 23.5.2013 (SSM)
English Pastoral Mainstream in EMF Recital
United Kingdom Howells, Delius, Brian, Darke, Britten: Rupert Marshall-Luck (violin), Matthew Rickard (piano), English Music Festival, Dorchester Abbey, 25.5.2013 (RB)
More Brilliant Beethoven from the Auckland Youth Orchestra
New Zealand Hindemith, Mahler, Beethoven: Olivia Francis (violin), Alex McFarlane (viola), Auckland Youth Orchestra / Antun Poljanich (conductor), Capitaine Bougainville Theatre, Forum North, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand, 11.5.2013 (PSer)
Rarely Heard Bantock and Alwyn from London Chamber Strings
United Kingdom Holst, Bantock, Alwyn, Finzi, Ireland, Britten: London Chamber Strings / Bjorn Bantock (conductor), English Music Festival, Silk Hall, Radley College, Oxfordshire, 25.5.2013 (RB)
Another Fine Recital from Piotr Anderszewski
United Kingdom Bach, Janáček, Schumann: Piotr Anderszewski (piano), Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. 23.5.2013 (RB)
Marvellous Playing from Nagano and Elite DSO
Germany Britten, Richard Strauss, Brahms: Jan Vogler (cello), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Kent Nagano (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, Germany, 24.5.2013. (MC)
Roth Conducts Early Webern and Nietzschean Strauss
Webern, Mozart, Strauss.Rosemary Joshua (soprano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / François-Xavier Roth (conductor). St. David’s Hall, Cardiff. 24.5.2013 (PCG)