United States Faure, Sibelius, Rachmaninoff: Yuja Wang (piano), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 15.6.2012 (HS)
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“Nixon in China” Gets Its Due from San Francisco Opera
United States John Adams, Nixon in China: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 13.6.2012 (HS)
Bare-Bones Poulenc Packs a Punch
United States Poulenc, La voix humaine: Carrie Hennessey (soprano), Alan Hamilton (musical director and piano), Paul Peers (stage director, lighting designer, co-set designer), Joel Yapching (costumes, hair, make-up, co-set designer), Pocket Opera of New York, Benzaquen Hall, DiMenna Center, New York City. 1.6.2012 (BH)
Thierry Fischer Bids Cardiff a First Farewell Aided by Mozart and Strauss
United Kingdom Mozart, Strauss: Angela Hewitt (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thierry Fischer (conductor), St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 15.6.2012 (GPu)
Rattle and the Vienna Philharmonic: A Less Than Satisfying Experience
United Kingdom Brahms, Webern, and Schumann:Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 17.6.2012 (MB)
Hough and Morlot Dazzle in Rachmaninoff
United States Bernstein, Ives, and Rachmaninoff: Stephen Hough (piano), Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 14.6.2012 (BJ)
New York Philharmonic: Expansive with Nielsen, Limited with Beethoven and Korngold
United States Beethoven, Korngold, Nielsen: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), NY Philharmonic Orchestra, Alan Gilbert (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York 14.6.2012 (SSM)
Belcea Quartet Display Concentration and Energy in Late Beethoven
United Kingdom Beethoven: Belcea Quartet, Wigmore Hall, London 3.16.2012 (GD)