United Kingdom Verdi Macbeth: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Antonio Pappano 24.5.2011. (CC)
Colin Clarke
Not quite earthshaking:Saporro Orchestra at Royal Festival Hall perfromance
Takemitsu, Bruch, Shostakovich Akiko Suwanai (violin); Sapporo Symphony Orchestra/Tadaaki Otaka. Royal Festival Hall London, 23.5. 2011 (CC)
Lang Lang uninspiring in Rachmaninov, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky Trios
Rachmaninov, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky: Lang Lang (piano); Vadim Repin (violin); Mischa Maisky (cello). Royal Festival Hall, 9.5.2011 (CC)
One Day’s Total Immersion in Peter Eötvös’ Music
Peter Eötvös: Guildhall School of Music and Drama (Silk Street Theatre) and Barbican Hall, London, 14.5.2011 (CC)
Fine Production of Werther at Covent Garden
Massenet, Werther: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Antonio Pappano (conductor), ROH, London, 5.5.2011 (CC)
Doric Quartet Play Haydn and Schubert at Wigmore Hall
Haydn, Schubert: Doric String Quartet, Wigmore Hall, Sunday May 1st, 2011 (CC)
The LPO with Liszt, Dvořák and Tchaikovsky
Liszt, Dvořák, Tchaikovsky: Alban Gerhardt (cello); London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski. 16.4.2011 (CC)
Emerson Quartet at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Mendelssohn, Adès, Beethoven: Emerson Quartet, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 7.4.2011 (CC)