United States Beethoven, Rachmaninov: Emanuel Ax (piano), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden (guest conductor), Symphony Hall, Boston. 11.2.2012 (KH)
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Richard Goode in Recital: Almost Unalloyed Delight
United Kingdom Schumann and Chopin: Richard Goode (piano). Royal Festival Hall, London, 12.2.2012 (MB)
An Uneven Wigmore Hall Recital by the Pražák Quartet
United Kingdom Mozart and Brahms: Pražák Quartet (Pavel Hula, Vlastimil Holek (violins), Josef Klusoň (viola), Michal Kaňka (cello). Wigmore Hall, London, 12.2.2012 (MB)
Love on a Tombstone in WNO’s La Traviata
United Kingdom Verdi: La traviata (Revival premiere): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Julia Jones (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 12.2.2012. (GPu)
Luminous Purcell Paired with Handel and Tallis
United States Purcell, Dido and Aeneas; Handel, Tallis: Soloists, Theatre of Early Music, Daniel Taylor (conductor). Town Hall, Seattle, 11.2.2012 (BJ)
Mumbles Orchestra Does Justice to an Ambitious Programme
United Kingdom Wagner, Rachmaninov, Sibelius: Duncan Honeybourne (piano), Mumbles Symphony Orchestra, David John (conductor), All Saints’, Oystermouth, 11.2.2012
Numinous Sibelius Playing Steals the Show in Cardiff
United Kingdom Sibelius, Elgar: Akiko Suwanai (violin), Jane Irwin(mezzo), BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC Welsh National Orchestra of Wales, Jac van Steen (conductor), St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 10.2.2012 (GPu)
Errant Cows in Mediocre Mahler
Germany Mahler: Kent Nagano (conductor), Munich Philharmonic, Gasteig Philharmonic Hall, Munich, 11.2.2012 (JFL)