United Kingdom Mozart, Bruckner: Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor and soloist), Royal Festival Hall, London, 16.4.2012 (GD)
Geoff Diggines
Empathetic Song Interpretations by Sandrine Piau
United Kingdom Fauré, Liszt, Chausson, Debussy, Zemlinsky, Richard Strauss, Poulenc: Sandrine Piau (soprano), Roger Vignoles (accompanist) Wigmore Hall, London, 11.4.2012 (GD)
Stand-in Matthew Coorey Impresses in Finale of Mahler’s Ninth
United Kingdom Mozart, Mahler: Lisa Batiashvili (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthew Coorey (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 28.3.2012 (GD)
Excellent Concert Version of La Clemenza in London
United Kingdom Mozart: La clemenza di Tito K 621. Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, DeutscheKammerchor, Soloists / Louis Langree (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 22.2.2012. (GD)
Nézet-Séguin’s Unconvincing Substitute Finale to Bruckner’s Ninth
United Kingdom Bruckner: Soloists, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choirs/ Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor) Royal Festival Hall, London, 5.2.2012. (GD)
Gubaidulina’s Bayan Concerto Adds Lustre to LSO Concert
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Gubaidulina, Tchaikovsky: Geir Draugsvoll (bayan), London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 24.11.11 (GD)
Tchaikovsky and Bruckner: High Expectations, Poor Results
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Bruckner: Janine Jansen (violin) ,London Philharmonic Orchestra/ Osmo Vänskä (conductor) , Royal Festival Hall, London, 16.11.11 (GD)
A Compelling Beethoven Concert from Chailly and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
United Kingdom Steffen Schleiermacher, Beethoven: Leipzig Gwandhaus Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor) Barbican Hall, London, 26 10 11 (GD)