United Kingdom Handel: Esther, HWV501 (First Reconstructable Version, Cannons, 1720) Soloists, Dunedin Consort, John Butt (director) Wigmore Hall, London, 26.4.2013 (CC)
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Student Singers Shine in L’Enfant et les sortilèges
United Kingdom Poulenc and Ravel:Stephen Mangan (actor), Members of the Royal Academy of Music, Jean-Baptiste Barrière (video), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Stéphane Denève (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 26.4.2013 (MB)
Psychology Versus Primitive Feelings in Helsinki
Finland Bartók Duke Bluebeard’s Castle / Leoncavallo I Pagliacci. Soloists, Finnish National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Mikko Franck (conductor). Finnish National Opera, Helsinki. 12.4.2013. Premiere (GF)
Britten Bemuses the Swiss
Switzerland Britten,War Requiem: Tonhalle Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor), Tatiana Pavlovskaya (soprano), Toby Spence (tenor), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (baritone), Zürcher Sing-Akademie (chorus-master: Tim Brown), Zürcher Sängerknaben (chorus-master: Konrad von Aarburg) Tonhalle, Zurich 25.4.2013 (JR).
Memorable and Exhilarating Enesco Violin Sonata
United Kingdom Brahms, Enesco: Gabrielle Painter (violin), Evgenia Startseva (piano). Reardon Smith Theatre, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 14.4.13 (GPu)
Sparkling Playing with Gravitas from Alexandra Dariescu
United Kingdom Chopin orch. Stravinsky, Mozart, Bartók: Alexandra Dariescu (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor), Guild Hall, Preston, Lancashire, 23.4. 2013 (MC)
Juan Diego Flórez: A Memorable London Recital
United Kingdom Juan Diego Flórez in Recital: Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), Vincenzo Scalera (piano). Barbican Hall, London, 24.4.2013. (JPr)
Chinary Ung at 70
United States Chinary Ung: New York New Music Ensemble, (Le) Poisson Rouge, New York City, 16.4.2013 (BH)