United Kingdom Wagner: The Flying Dutchman: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera /Edward Gardner. London Coliseum, 28.4.2012 (CC)
Colin Clarke
Mitsuko Uchida: Memorable in Schubert’s Last Three Piano Sonatas
United Kingdom Schubert: Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Royal Festival Hall, London, 23.4.2012 (CC)
A Winning Fille du Régiment at Covent Garden
United Kingdom Donizetti, La Fille du Régiment: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Yves Abel(conductor, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 19.4.2012 (CC)
Birmingham’s Superb Dream of Gerontius Repeated in London
United Kingdom Sir Edward Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Soloists, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor). Barbican Hall, London 14.4.2012 (CC)
Bernarda Fink Contributes to the Wigmore Hall’s Dvořák Plus Series
United Kingdom Dvořák, Brahms, Škerjanc, Ipavec, Lajovic: Bernarda Fink (mezzo- soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano) Wigmore Hall, London. 13.4.2012 (CC)
Good Orchestral Playing in a Colourless Production of Manon
United States Massenet , Manon: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York/Fabio Luisi (conductor), 7.4.2012 (CC)
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Good Form under Charles Dutoit
United Kingdom Beethoven, R. Strauss: Julia Fischer (violin); Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Charles Dutoit. Royal Festival Hall, London, 30.3.2012 (CC)
Vengerov, Temirkanov and the St Petersburg Philharmonic Excel in Russian Music
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Shostakovich: Maxim Vengerov (violin), St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 24.3.2012 (CC)