United Kingdom Schubert: The Complete Songs I Florian Boesch (baritone); Graham Johnson (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 22.9.2015 (CC)
Wigmore Hall’s Complete Schubert Lieder Project Launched in Great Style
Colin Clarke
At Covent Garden a Competent Figaro Lacks Tension and Sparkle
United Kingdom Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Members of the Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/Ivor Bolton (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 15.9.2015 (CC)
Photo by Mark Douet
Imaginative and Perfectly Executed Orphée et Eurydice at Covent Garden
United Kingdom Gluck, Orphée et Eurydice: Soloists; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists/ John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 14.9.2015 (CC)
Performers include the Hofesh Shechter Company Dancers (c) Bill Cooper
Shostakovich’s Orango Scores a Huge Hit at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 53, Bartók, Mozart, Shostakovich: David Fray (piano); soloists; Philharmonia Voices; Philharmonia Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen. Royal Albert Hall, London. 24.8.2015 (CC)
conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen
c BBC/Chris Christodoulou
Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Bring Magnificent Mahler to the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 49 – Dean, Mahler: Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet). Boston Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 22.8.2015. (CC)
with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andris Nelsons
c Chris Christodoulou
The BBC Philharmonic and Juanjo Mena: Worthwhile Foulds but Messiaen Deserves More
United Kingdom Prom 38. Foulds, Messiaen Steven Osborne (piano): Valérie Hartmann-Claverie (ondes martinet): Upper Voices of the London Symphony Chorus; BBC Philharmonic/Juanjo Mena. Royal Albert Hall, London, 13.8.2015 (CC)
The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Make their Mark – Once More – at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 31. Tansy Davies, Mahler. National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain/Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 8.8.2015 (CC)
An Impressive New Score by Luke Bedford Unveiled at the Proms
Prom 20: Schubert, Luke Bedford, Bruckner. Luba Orgonášová (soprano); Jennifer Johnston (mezzo); Robert Dean Smith (tenor); Derek Welton (bass-baritone); Orfeón Pamplonés; BBC Philharmonic/Juanjo Mena (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 1.8.2015 (CC)