SINCE 1999 A LIVE REVIEW SITE FOR OPERA, BALLET, CONCERTS, BROADCASTS, AND THEATRE
Germany Bernard Fort, Olivier Messiaen: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Palais im Grosser Garten, Dresden, 15.5.2016. (MC)
Beethoven, Kavakos Beethovenzyklus 1: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Enrico Pace (piano), Palais im Grosser Garten, Dresden, 16.5.2016. (MC)
Bernard Fort – 13 Preludes au Catalogue d’oiseaux
Olivier Messiaen – Catalogue d’oiseaux, books 1-7
Beethoven – Violin Sonatas: No. 2, Op 12/2; No. 3, Op. 12/3; No. 6, Op. 30/1; No. 7, Op. 30/2
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky: John Lill (piano), Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Pavel Kogan (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 22.5.2016 (SRT)
United Kingdom Shostakovich and Mahler: Viktoria Mullova (violin), London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 19.5.2016 (CS)
Germany Dresdner Musikfestspiele 2016 – Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov: Kristine Opolais (soprano), Concertgebouw Orchestra/Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 13.5.2016. (MC)
United Kingdom Mozart, Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Pärt, El-Khoury, From Bach to El-Khoury: L’arte del mondo, Daniel Hope (violin/director) Birmingham Town Hall, 18.5.16 (GR)
United Kingdom Brahms, Mahler: Denis Kozhukin (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor), City Halls, Glasgow, 19.05.2016 (SRT)
United Kingdom Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus (chorus master: James Henshaw) of the English National Opera / Richard Armstrong (conductor), Coliseum, London, 16.5.2016. (MB)
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Prokofiev: Noriko Ogawa (piano), Moscow State Symphony Orchestra / Pavel Kogan (conductor), St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 17.5.2016. (PCG)