Italy Wagner, Rienzi: Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro dell’Opera Rome, (Chorus master, Roberto Gabbiani), Conductor: Stefan Soltesz. Rome, 14.5.2013. (JB)
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Northern Ballet’s Gatsby Raises Questions
United Kingdom Richard Rodney Bennett CBE (orch. Longstaff, Sutherland), The Great Gatsby: Artistes of Northern Ballet, Northern Ballet Sinfonia / John Pryce Jones (music director/conductor), Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, 14.5.2013. (JO’D)
Interesting Perspectives on Schumann
United Kingdom Purcell, Schumann, Timothy Andres: Elias String Quartet, Jonathan Biss (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 14.5.2013 (RB)
Concert Series Celebrates a Great Austrian Composer
Australia Mozart: Sara Macliver (soprano), Fiona Campbell (mezzo soprano), Richard Butler, (tenor), Ashley Giles (bass baritone), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Brandenburg Choir / Paul Dyer (director, fortepiano), City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney, 8.5.2013. (ZT)
French Harpist Welcomes Spring to Wales
United Kingdom Britten, Fauré, Pécou, Scarlatti, Rossini-Bochsa: Maureen Thiébaut (harp), Weston Gallery, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 30.4.2013. (GPu)
Italian Polychoral Splendour in the Cotswolds
United Kingdom Viadana, Gabrieli, Monteverdi, Grandi, Palestrina: Clare Wilkinson (mezzo-soprano), William Purefoy (counter-tenor), Nicholas Hurndall Smith and Matthew Long (tenors), Charles Gibbs (bass), I Fagiolini, The English Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble, Robert Hollingworth (director), St James’ Church, Chipping Campden, 12.5.2013. (RJ)
Denis Kozhukhin Impresses in Prokofiev’s ‘War Sonatas’
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Denis Kozhukhin (piano) Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 12.5.2013 (CC)
European Integration at Its Best: ‘French’ Music in Spain
Spain Fauré, Chopin, Franck: Alba Ventura (piano), Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y Leon / Salvador Mas (conductor), Auditorio Miguel Delibes, Valladolid, Spain. 11.4.2013 (GPu)