United Kingdom Schubert: Sir John Tomlinson (bass), Christopher Glynn (piano). Wigmore Hall, 11.12.2016. (CC)
Colin Clarke
Under the Baton of John Adams the LSO Perform Bartók, Stravinsky, and Adams – with Mixed Results
United Kingdom Bartók, Stravinsky, Adams: Leila Josefowitz (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / John Adams. Barbican Hall, 8.12. 2016. (CC)
Farnes’s Conducting and Rachvelishvili’s Azucena Make This Revival Worthwhile
United Kingdom Verdi, Il trovatore: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Richard Farnes. The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 4.12.2016. (CC)
Royal Opera’s Manon Lescaut Benefits from Pappano’s Masterly Conducting
United Kingdom Puccini, Manon Lescaut: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 22.11.2016. (CC)
Ashkenazy and the Phihlarmonia: A Potent Partnership
United Kingdom Borodin, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov: Alice Sara Ott (piano); Philharmonia Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 17.11.2016. (CC)
Hartmann’s 30 Years War Opera Simplicius Simplicissimus Has Echoes of Nazi Germany
United Kingdom Hartmann, Simplicius Simplicissimus (sung in English translation by David Pountney): Soloists, Britten Sinfonia / Timothy Redmond (conductor), Lillian Baylis Theatre at Sadler’s Wells, London, 15.11.2016. (CC)
The Uncompromising Interpretations of the Borodin Quartet Provide a Terrific Experience
United Kingdom Beethoven & Shostakovich: Borodin Quartet [Ruben Aharonian, Sergei Lomovsky (violins); Igor Naidin (viola); Vladimir Balshin (cello)]. Wigmore Hall, London, 6.11.2016. (CC)
Bychkov and the BBC Symphony Orchestra Excel in Rarely-Heard Taneyev
United Kingdom Beloved Friend: Tchaikovsky Project: Kirill Gerstein (piano); BBC Symphony Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 24.10.2016. (CC)