United States Top, Grieg, and Prokofiev: Jon Kimura Parker (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 23.1.2013 (BJ)
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James Ehnes—Not Just a Pretty Bow Arm
United States Winter Festival: various artists, in Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle (BJ)
The Not So Perfect American
Spain P. Glass, The Perfect American: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus Teatro Real, Dennis Russell Davies (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 22.1.2013 (JMI)
Spain Meets Hollywood in BBC Philharmonic Concert
United Kingdom Knussen, Korngold, Turina, Falla: Renaud Capuçon (violin), Clara Mouriz (mezzo-soprano), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Juanjo Mena (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 26.1.2013 (MC)
A Postscript to La Cenerentola
United States Rossini, La Cenerentola: Soloists, Seattle Opera, Giacomo Sagripanti (conductor), McCaw Hall, Seattle, 12 and 25.1.2013 (BJ)
A Classy, Unpretentious Way of Deciphering Wagner
United States Wagner’s Die Walküre—A Musical Analysis: Stacey Rishoi (mezzo-soprano), Ric Furman (tenor), Gustav Andreassen (bass), Valerie Pool (piano), Charles Parsons (commentator), Wagner Society of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. 27.1.2013 (RDA)
Completing Unfinished Mozart—With Weber
United States Mozart, Zaide; Weber, Abu Hassan: Soloists, Queen City Chamber Opera, Isaac Selya (conductor), Cincinnati, Ohio. 26.1.2013 (RDA)
A Magnificent Turandot in Gothenburg for the Last Time
Sweden Giacomo Puccini, Turandot:Soloists, Gothenburg Opera Orchestra and Chorus, extra chorus and children’s chorus, Finn Rosengren (conductor 12.01.2013), Tobias Ringborg (conductor 26.01.2013), GöteborgsOperan, 12.01.2013 and 26.01.2013 (NS)