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This Week’s Review

Lars Vogt Below Par in the Goldberg Variations

16/06/201606/06/2016 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bach: Lars Vogt (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 6.6.2016 (CC)

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Daniel Harding’s Vivid Mahler with the LSO

16/06/201606/06/2016 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mahler: Miah Persson (soprano), Anna Larsson (alto), London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Daniel Harding (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 5.6.2016. (JPr)

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Small-Scale Wagner Makes A Productively Different Evening

16/06/201606/06/2016 by Mark Berry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner: Arensky Chamber Orchestra/William Kunhardt (conductor). Oak Room, The Hospital Club, London, 2.6.2016 (MB)

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Garsington Emphasises Psychological Aspects of Eugene Onegin

08/07/201606/06/2016 by Curtis Rogers

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Garsington Opera Orchestra & Chorus / Douglas Boyd, Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 5.6.2016 (CR)

 Natalya Romaniw (Tatyana), Roderick Williams (Onegin): credit - Mark Douet.

Natalya Romaniw (Tatyana), Roderick Williams (Onegin): credit – Mark Douet.

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Clever and Amusing L’italiana in Algeri at Garsington

16/06/201606/06/2016 by Curtis Rogers

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rossini, L’italiana in Algeri:  Soloists, Garsington Opera Orchestra & Chorus / David Parry, Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 4.6.2016. (CR)

Ezgi Kutlu (Isabella), Quirijn de Lang (Mustafà). Credit: Johan Persson
Ezgi Kutlu (Isabella), Quirijn de Lang (Mustafà). Credit: Johan Persson

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Bartók and Kurtág Tellingly Juxtaposed by Cédric Tiberghien

06/06/201630/05/2016 by Mark Berry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bartók and Kurtág: Cédric Tiberghien (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 24.5.2016 (MB)

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Chamber Music in the Small: Angela Cheng Helps Vetta Celebrate 30 Years

06/06/201630/05/2016 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Schubert, Mozart, Brahms: Angela Cheng (piano), Joan Blackman and Jennie Press (violins), Nicolo Eugelmi (viola), Brian Yoon (cello), Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver, 27.5.2016 (GN)

Angela Cheng and Vetta Chamber Music. © Matthew Baird.
Angela Cheng and Vetta Chamber Music. © Matthew Baird.

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More Superb Stravinsky from Salonen and the Philharmonia

14/08/202030/05/2016 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Stravinsky: Soloists of the Mariinsky Theatre, Philharmonia Orchestra and Voices/Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 26.5.2016. (CS)

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