United Kingdom Bizet, Carmen: Soloists and Chorus, Capital Arts Children’s Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Gareth Hancock (conductor), David Freeman (director), Royal Albert Hall, London, 21.2.2013 (JPr)
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King’s Place Starts to Unwrap Bach
United Kingdom Bach: Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Stephanie Gonley, Martin Burgess (violins), Michael Cox (flute), Steven Devine (harpsichord), Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Hall One, Kings Place, London, 22.2.2013 (MB)
Earnest Delight in Neuberger’s Bartók
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Bartók: Jean-Frédéric Neuburger (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Francois-Xavier Roth (conductor), Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 22.2.2013 (NR)
Concertgebouw at Carnegie Hall: Mostly Sweet, Sometimes Strange
United States Bartók, Mahler: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 13.2.2013 (BH)
Hearing Familiar Music Anew
United States Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Schumann: Christian Zacharias, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Pablo Heras Casado (conductor), Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall, New York, 7.2.2013 (SSM)
Tales of the Sole Splendid Robot
Germany Offenbach, Les contes d’Hoffmann: Soloists, Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Stéphane Denève (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 17 & 19.2.2013 (JMI)
Even in a Snowstorm, Blomstedt Packs the Hall
United States Nielsen, Beethoven: Cleveland Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor) Severance Hall, Cleveland, 16.2.2013 (MSJ)
Zubin Mehta, Angel Blue, and Gustav Mahler
Germany Mahler: Mihoko Fujimura (mezzo), Angel Blue (soprano), Zubin Mehta (conductor), Munich Philharmonic, Philharmonic Hall Gasteig, Munich, 20.2.2013 (JFL)