United Kingdom Bartók:Yefim Bronfman (piano), Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay (violin), Mark van de Wiel (clarinet). Royal Festival Hall, London, 27.10.2011 (MB)
Mark Berry
Schønwandt Brings Out Strengths of Berg’s Operatic Masterpiece
France Berg, Lulu: Soloists, Orchestra of the Opéra National de Paris, Michael Schønwandt (conductor). Opéra Bastille, 28.10.2011 (MB)
Excellent Singing in ENO’s Unsympathetic Production of Rameau’s Castor et Pollux
United Kingdom Rameau, Castor et Pollux: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the English National Opera,Christian Curnyn (conductor). Coliseum, London, 24.10.2011 (MB)
Les Arts Florissants Explore Madrigals by Monteverdi and His Contemporaries
United Kingdom Monteverdi, Vecchi, Ingegneri, and Marenzio: Les Arts Florissants (Miriam Allan (soprano), Hannah Morrison (soprano), Marie Gautrot (contralto), Paul Agnew (tenor/director), Sean Clayton (tenor), Lisandro Abadie (bass), Union Chapel,London, 13.10.2011 (MB)
This concert was produced by the Barbican as part of its Classical Music Season
Abbado and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in London: Magnificent in Mozart and Bruckner
United Kingdom Mozart and Bruckner: Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 11.10.2011 (MB)
Liszt Discovery Day at the Wigmore Hall: Rather a Missed Opportunity
United Kingdom Liszt Discovery Day: Eva Thorarinsdottir (violin), Joris van den Berg (cello), Tristan Lee, Coady Green, Leslie Howard, Bobby Chen (piano),BBC Singers, David Hill (conductor). Wigmore Hall,London. 8.10.2011 (MB)
Bewildering Marriage of Figaro by the ENO
United Kingdom Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the English National Opera, Paul Daniel (conductor). Coliseum, London, 5.10.2011 (MB)
Sir Colin Davis and LSO Tackle Two Familiar Composers and One Unfamiliar
United Kingdom Haydn, Nielsen, and Beethoven: Dame Mitsuko Uchida (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor). Barbican,London, 4.10.2011 (MB)