United Kingdom Brahms, Beethoven: Martin Helmchen (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 25.5.2017. (GD)
Herbert Blomstedt’s Beethoven 7 is One of the Finest Again
Geoff Diggines
Dedicated to Victims of Terrorism: a Mahler 9 to Remember from Haitink and the LSO
United Kingdom Mahler: London Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 23.5.2017. (GD)
Unmannered and Straightforward Mahler from Salonen and the Philharmonia
United Kingdom Bartók and Mahler: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Tamara Stefanovich (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.5.2017. (GD)
Integrity and Excellence in Roth and the LSO’s Bruckner
United Kingdom Debussy, Bartok, Bruckner: Antoine Tamestit (viola), London Symphony Orchestra / François-Xavier Roth (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 23.4.2017. (GD)
Lucidity and Pianistic Elegance from Pollini in Schoenberg and Beethoven
United Kingdom Schoenberg, Beethoven: Maurizio Pollini (piano), Royal Festival Hall, London, 14.3.2017. (GD)
Despite the LSO’s Fine Playing, Luisi Needed to be More Like Toscanini
United Kingdom Beethoven, Brahms: Igor Levit (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Fabio Luisi (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 16.3.2017. (GD)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard Plays a 1899 Bechstein in a Recital with a Strong Sense of Linkage
United Kingdom Liszt, Skryabin, Debussy, Julian Anderson, Nikolay Obukhov: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 11.3.2017. (GD)
A Reminder of the Czech Tradition from Yutaka Sado and the Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra
United Kingdom Mozart Beethoven Dvořák: Angela Hewitt (piano), Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra / Yutaka Sado (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 26.2.2017. (GD)