United Kingdom Mozart, Don Giovanni : Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Constantinos Carydis (conductor). 21.1.2012 (CC)
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Haydn and Mendelssohn Outpace Vasks
United States Haydn, Vasks, and Mendelssohn: Maria Larionoff (violin), Seattle Symphony, Olari Elts (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 21.1.2012 (BJ)
The London Sinfonietta Celebrates Wolfgang Rihm at Sixty
United Kingdom Rihm, Saunders, Widmann: London Sinfonietta, Andrew Zolinsky (piano), Thierry Fischer (conductor), Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 24.1.2012 (GDn)
Julius Caesar in Helsinki – Superb Singing, Controversial Concept
Finland Handel, Julius Caesar: Helsinki Baroque Orchestra in cooperation with the Finnish National Opera Orchestra, soloists, Howard Arman (conductor), Finnish National Opera, Helsinki. 20.1.2012 (GF)
The Belcea Quartet: Magnificent in Beethoven
United Kingdom Beethoven: Belcea Quartet (Corina Belcea-Fisher, Axel Schacher (violins), Krzysztof Chorzelski (viola), Antoine Lederlin (cello)). Wigmore Hall, London, 21.1.2012 (MB)
Dazzling Horn Playing Characterises Ligeti Concerto in Scottish Chamber Orchestra Concert
United Kingdom Kodály, Ligeti, Dvořák: Alec Frank-Gemill (horn), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Robin Ticciati (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 21.1.2012 (SRT)
Epiphanies at a Musical Hideaway: Beethoven and Schubert at WMP Concert Hall
United States Beethoven, Schubert: Montreal Chamber Music Festival, Denis Brott (cellist), Kevin Louks (piano), Afiara Quartet, WMP Concert Hall, New York, 20.1.2012 (SSM)
Endymion’s Brahms: Uninspired and Insufficiently Precise
United Kingdom Brahms: Endymion. Kings Place, London, 20.1.2012 (GDn)