United States Ravel, Higdon, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakoff: Dame Evelyn Glennie (percussionist), Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Peter Oundjian (guest conductor), Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH. 03.10.12 (RDA)
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Vocal Cast Makes the Difference in Handel’s Rodelinda
Spain G. F. Handel, Rodelinda: Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis (conductor), Madrid National Auditorium, 28.10.2012 (JMI)
Placido Domingo Holds His Own in Thaïs
Spain Massenet, Thaïs: Seville’s Symphony Orchestra, The Maestranza Chorus,Pedro Halffter (conductor), Seville’s Teatro de la Maestranza, 31.10.2012 (JMI)
Vänskä’s Dramatic, Naturally Paced Rachmaninov
United Kingdom Nielsen, Dvořák, Rachmaninov: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London. 2.11.2012 (CD)
Triumph of Handel, Christie, Juilliard415 and Soloists
United States Handel, Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno: Raquel Gonzáles (soprano), Ying Fang (soprano), Rachel Wilson (mezzo-soprano), Spencer Lang (tenor), Juilliard415, William Christie (conductor), Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 27.10.2012 (SSM)
A Brilliant Recital by Benjamin Grosvenor
United Kingdom Bach, Chopin, Scriabin, Granados, Schulz-Evler: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 31.10.2012 (RB)
Heritage Opera’s La Bohème Brings Tears to the Eyes
United Kingdom Puccini: La Bohème: Heritage Opera, Benjamin Cox (electric piano), Haigh Hall, Wigan, Lancashire, 1.11.2012. (MC)
Evgene Kissin: the Light and Dark of It
Italy Evgene Kissin (piano) A recital at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Sala Santa Cecilia, Rome 01-11-2012. (JB)