United Kingdom Brahms and Beethoven: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 6.6.2013 (MB)
Mark Berry
Elisabeth Leonskaja: More Disappointing than Enlightening
United Kingdom Ravel, Enescu, Debussy, Brahms: Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 5.6.2013 (MB)
Richard Goode: Deeply Satisfying in Late Beethoven
United Kingdom Beethoven: Richard Goode (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 2.6.2013 (MB)
Compelling Eisler Lieder from Maltman and Drake
United Kingdom Eisler: Christopher Maltman (baritone), Julius Drake (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 1.6.2013 (MB)
Mozart: Midway Between Bach and Schoenberg
United Kingdom Handel, Mozart, and Bach: Nick van Bloss (piano), London Octave / Andrew Watkinson (director). St Martin in the Fields, London, 27.5.2013 (MB)
Poor Staging Spoils Ariadne auf Naxos
United Kingdom Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos: Soloists, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Glyndebourne Opera House, 18.5.2013 (MB)
RAM’s Lighthouse Performance is Outstanding
United Kingdom Purcell, Dido and Aeneas *;Davies, The Lighthouse # : Soloists, Chorus, Royal Academy Sinfonia, Iain Ledingham * and Lionel Friend #(conductors), Sir Jack Lyons Theatre, Royal Academy of Music, London, 16.5.2013 (MB)
ENO’s Chilling Wozzeck Provokes Righteous Anger
United Kingdom Berg, Wozzeck: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the English National Opera / Edward Gardner (conductor), The Coliseum, London, 11.5.2013 (MB)