United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Bruckner: Benjamin Beilman (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Stanisław Skrowaczewski (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 14.3.2014 (GDn)
Gavin Dixon
Jane Manning’s Pierrot Century
United Kingdom Zemlinsky, Dallapiccola, Nono, Schoenberg: Jane Manning (soprano); Benjamin Baker (violin); Rohan de Saram (cello); Susan Milan (flute/piccolo); David Campbell (clarinet/bass clarinet); Julian Jacobson (piano); Giora Bernstein (conductor); Alberto Portugheis (piano); Marie Jaermann (soprano); Seljan Nasibili (soprano); Katie Coventry (mezzo); Anna Migallos (alto); Kings Place, London, 4.3.2014 (GDn)
Alexander Melnikov: True to the Spirit of Shostakovich
United Kingdom Shostakovich: Alexander Melnikov (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 4.2.2014 (GDn)
Memorable Brahms & Walton from Janine Jansen and Antonio Pappano
United Kingdom Maxwell Davis, Brahms, Walton: Janine Jansen (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor), , Barbican, London, 30.1.2014 (GDn)
Beethoven as an Undemanding Epilogue After Modern French Works
United Kingdom Grisey, Dufourt, Boulez, Beethoven: Nicolas Hodges (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Ilan Volkov (conductor), Barbican, London, 22.1.2014 (GDn)
Semyon Bychkov Impresses Again With the BBC Symphony Orchestra
United Kingdom Martinů, Shostakovich: Katia and Marielle Labèque (pianos), Semyon Bychkov (conductor), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Barbican Hall, London, 16.1.2014 (GDn)
Bach’s Christmas Joy from the Platinum Consort
United KingdomBach: Platinum Consort, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Scott Inglis-Kidger (conductor). Kings Place, London 19.12, 2013 (GDn)
András Schiff’s Bach Doesn’t Quite Hit the Mark This Time
United Kingdom Bach: András Schiff (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 18.12.2013 (GDn)