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Austria Bruckner and Messiaen: Ruth Ziesak (soprano), Janina Baechle (mezzo-soprano), Benjamin Bruns (tenor), Günther Groissböck (baritone), Wiener Singakademie, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cornelius Meister (conductor). Konzerthaus, Vienna, 23.6.2015 (MB)
Impetuosity and Obvious Joy in the Razumovsky Ensemble’s Brahms
United Kingdom Beethoven, Ravel, Brahms: Razumovsky Ensemble (Kolja Blacher & Alexander Sitkovetsky [violin], Robert Smissen & Andriy Viytovych [viola], Oleg Kogan &Alexander Chaushian [cello]), Wigmore Hall London, 30.6.2015 (CS)
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United Kingdom Colin McPhee, Gunter Schuller & Britten: Britten–Pears Orchestra / Oliver Knussen (conductor) Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh, 28.6.2015 (CS)
The Three Choirs Festival: Recollections of a Chorus Member
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Handel’s ‘Dettingen’ Te Deum: A Thrilling End to the Spitalfields Festival
United Kingdom Spitalfields Festival – Haydn, J.C. Bach, Mozart, and Handel: Ashley Riches (baritone), Polyphony, City of London Sinfonia, Stephen Layton (conductor). St Leonard’s Church, Shoreditch, London, 16.6.2015 (MB)
Revolution in the Air on an Idyllic Day at Gregynog Hall
United Kingdom Mozart, Beethoven: Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano), The Music Room, Gregynog Hall, Newtown, 22.6.2015 (GP)