United Kingdom Turina, Brahms, Dvořák, Ives, Sibelius: Jamie Barton (mezzo-soprano), James Baillieu (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 23.10.2016. (RB)
Jamie Barton’s Outstanding Wigmore Hall Debut
Robert Beattie
Superb Singing and Playing in Met’s Traditional Production of Don Giovanni
United States Mozart, Don Giovanni: Cast, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Fabio Luisi (Conductor), Met Live in HD transmitted to the Komedia Cinema, Brighton, 21.10.2016. (RB)
The London Chamber Orchestra Salute Shakespeare – and Walton
United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Walton: Bertrand Chamayou (piano); Simon Harrison (narrator); London Chamber Orchestra; Choir of Royal Holloway; Choristers of New College Oxford/Christopher Warren-Green (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 20.10.2016. (RB)
An Outstanding Recital by Leif Ove Andsnes
United Kingdom Beethoven, Sibelius, Debussy, Chopin: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Barbican Hall, London, 19.9.2016. (RB)
Young Singers Perform an Immensely Creative Barber of Seville
United Kingdom Rossini 2016 Festival – The Barber of Seville: Rossini 2016 Festival Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus, Gaetano Lo Coco (Conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 12.9.2016. (RB)
A Superb Recital by Denis Kozhukhin
United Kingdom Handel, Brahms, Weber, Bartók, Albéniz: Denis Kozhukhin (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 11.9.2016. (RB)
Absolute Delight at the Final Proms Chamber Music Concert
United Kingdom Proms Chamber Music 8 – Purcell/Britten, Mendelssohn, Quilter: Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor), Joseph Middleton (piano), Cadogan Hall, London, 5.9.2016. (RB)
The Albert Hall Acoustic Presents Challenges in an Insightful Performance of the B Minor Mass
United Kingdom Prom 63 – Bach, Mass in B minor: Katherine Watson (soprano), Tim Mead (counter-tenor), Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor), André Morsch (baritone), Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (Conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London 1.9.2016. (RB)