United Kingdom Field, Rachmaninov: Benjamin Frith (piano), Alice Neary (cello). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 17.2.2017. (GPu)
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A Very Different ‘Tristan’ Provides Real, if Un-Wagnerian Pleasures: WNO’s Le Vin herbé
United Kingdom Frank Martin, Le Vin herbé: (Company Production Premiere) Soloists, Chorus and Musicians of Welsh National Opera / James Southall (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 16.2.2017. (GPu)
Intensity and sensitivity from Trio Isimsiz in works by Schubert and Dvořák
United Kingdom Schubert, Dvořák: Trio Isimsiz (Pablo Hernán Benedí,violin; Erdem Misirlioglu, piano; Michael Petreov, cello). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 10.2.2017. (GPu)
Sheer Magic: Aimard and Salonen deliver a Beethoven Concerto fit for an Emperor
United Kingdom Strauss, Beethoven: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 22.2.2017. (PCG)
A Witty and Intelligent Production finds Contemporary Relevance in Semele
United Kingdom Handel, Semele: Mid Wales Opera, Soloists and Chorus, Academy of Ancient Music / Nicholas Cleobury, Richard Burton Theatre, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 8.2. 2017. (GPu)
Revelatory Schubert from the Chiaroscuro Quartet
United Kingdom Bach, Schubert: Chiaroscuro Quartet (Alina Ibragimova, violin; Pablo Hernán Benedí, violin; Emilie Hörnlund, viola; Claire Thirion, cello). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 2.2.2017. (GPu)
Wigglesworth Conjures ‘Super-Charged Performances’ but only the BBC can make the Baritone Audible
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Wagner, Mahler: Roderick Williams (baritone), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 9.2.2017. (PCG)
WNO’s La bohème is all the More Powerful for its Traditional Approach
United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: (Production Revival) Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Manlio Benzi (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 28.1.2017. (GPu)
