United Kingdom Mozart, Previn, and Mendelssohn: Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), André Previn (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 20.2.2012 (MB)
Mark Berry
Vacuous Don Giovanni Production at ROH
United Kingdom Mozart: Don Giovanni, Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Constantinos Carydis (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 16.2.2012 (MB)
Mixed Experience at Alexandre Tharaud’s Wigmore Recital
United Kingdom Domenico Scarlatti, Liszt, and Chopin: Alexandre Tharaud (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 15.2.2012 (MB)
Richard Goode in Recital: Almost Unalloyed Delight
United Kingdom Schumann and Chopin: Richard Goode (piano). Royal Festival Hall, London, 12.2.2012 (MB)
An Uneven Wigmore Hall Recital by the Pražák Quartet
United Kingdom Mozart and Brahms: Pražák Quartet (Pavel Hula, Vlastimil Holek (violins), Josef Klusoň (viola), Michal Kaňka (cello). Wigmore Hall, London, 12.2.2012 (MB)
A Distinguished End to the London Philharmonic’s Prokofiev Festival
United Kingdom Prokofiev: Janine Jansen (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 1.2.2012 (MB)
Banal Libretto Lets Down Harvey’s Wagner Dream
United Kingdom Jonathan Harvey, Wagner’s Dream (British premiere): Soloists, Actors, Gilbert Nouno (IRCAM computer music designer), Franck Rossi (IRCAM sound engineer), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 29.1.2012 (MB)
Delightful Rosenkavalier from English National Opera
United Kingdom Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the English National Opera, Edward Gardner (conductor), Coliseum, London, 28.1.2012 (MB)