United Kingdom Mendelssohn: Nikolaj Znaider (violin), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Riccardo Chailly (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 1.9.2012 (GD)
Geoff Diggines
Prom 50: Imaginative Programming from Vänskä and the BBC SO
United Kingdom Prom 50: Beethoven, Mozart, Delius, Nielsen: Michael Collins (basset clarinet), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä (conductor), 20 .8.2012. (GD)
Prom 43. Dutoit’s Delius and Saint-Saëns Outshine his Tchaikovksy
United Kingdom Prom 43: Delius, Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky. Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 14.8.12 (GD)
Belcea Quartet Display Concentration and Energy in Late Beethoven
United Kingdom Beethoven: Belcea Quartet, Wigmore Hall, London 3.16.2012 (GD)
Magnificent Mozart, Kurtág and Brahms from the Elias
United Kingdom Mozart, Kurtág, Brahms: Elias Quartet, Pascal Moragues (clarinet) Wigmore Hall, London., 30.5.2012. (GD)
Eliot Gardiner Conducts Bach’s Ascension Overtures at St Giles’
United Kingdom Bach: Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) St Giles’ Cripplegate, London 10.05.12 (GD)
A Somewhat Disappointing Programme from Philippe Jordan and the Philharmonia
United Kingdom Beethoven, Liszt, Brahms: Simon Trpčeski (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Philippe Jordan (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London. 3. 5. 2012 (GD)
A Revelatory Missa Solemnis from Nikolaus Harnoncourt
United Kingdom Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123. Soloists, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor), Barbican Hall London, 11. 4. 2012. (GD)