United Kingdom Sixtieth birthday concert for Irvine Arditti: Arditti Quartet (Irvine Arditti, Ashot Sarkissjan (violins), Ralf Ehlers (viola), Lucas Fels (cello)). Wigmore Hall, London, 16.10.2013 (MB)
Mark Berry
Bernard Haitink and the LSO: Masterly in Mozart and Shostakovich
United Kingdom Mozart and Shostakovich: Emanuel Ax (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 15.10.2013 (MB)
Concision and Expansiveness in Chailly’s Leipzig Concert
Germany Brahms: Arcadi Volodos (piano), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor), Neues Gewandhaus, Leipzig, 11.10.2013 (MB)
Leipzig Stages Wagner’s Second Opera
Germany Wagner, Das Liebesverbot: Soloists, Chorus of the Leipzig Opera (chorus master: Alessandro Zuppardo), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Matthias Foremny (conductor). Leipzig Opera House, 13.10.2013 (MB)
Bernard Haitink and Orchestra Mozart in Beethoven: Fine Musicianship but Few Risks Taken
United Kingdom Beethoven: Maria João Pires (piano), Orchestra Mozart, Bernard Haitink (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 1.10.2013 (MB)
The Spirit of Adventure in Stockhausen and Nono
United Kingdom Stockhausen and Nono: London Sinfonietta, Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble, Martyn Brabbins, Baldur Brönnimann, and Geoffrey Paterson (conductors). Royal Festival Hall, London, 6.10.2013 (MB)
Stockhausen and Boulez Revealed Again as Masters of The New
United Kingdom Stockhausen and Boulez: Colin Currie (percussion), Nicholas Hodges (piano), Hilary Summers (contralto), Members of the Aurora Orchestra, Sound Intermedia, Franck Ollu (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 5.10.2013 (MB)
Goerne and Haefliger in a Wonderful Exploration of German Song
United Kingdom Wolf and Liszt: Matthias Goerne (baritone), Andreas Haefliger (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 27.9.2013 (MB)