Norway Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Oslo Opera Orchestra, John Helmer Fiore (conductor), Oslo Opera, 18.3.2012 (JFL)
Jens F. Laurson
Grieg in Heels, Sibelius in Dire Straits
Germany Britten, Sibelius, Grieg: Khatia Buniatishvili (piano), Paavo Järvi (conductor), Munich Philharmonic, Philharmonic Hall Gasteig, Munich, 29.4.2012 (JFL)
Pretty, Boring. Thank God for Dogs!
Germany Jerome Robbins / Jiří Kylián’s, Goldberg Variations / Gods and Dogs: Soloists, Bavarian State Ballet, National Theater, Munich, 26.4.2012 (JFL)
Barto’s Holliday Discovery
Germany Liszt, Brahms, Holliday, Chopin: Tzimon Barto (piano), Herkulessaal, Munich, 24.4.2012 (JFL)
Elongated Elation: Mahler 3rd with Iván Fischer
Germany Mahler: Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Iván Fischer (conductor), Munich Philharmonic, Philharmonic Chorus, Bad Tölz Boys’ Choir, Philharmonic Hall Gasteig, Munich, 21.4.2012 (JFL)
Complauding Haydn, Boring Bach, Appreciating Dvořák
Germany Haydn, Bach, Dvořák: David Fray (piano), Andrés Orozco-Estrada (conductor), Munich Philharmonic, Gasteig Philharmonic Hall, Munich, 4.4.2012 (JFL)
Boulanger Trio, the Gift of Music
Germany Schubert, Ravel, Haydn: Boulanger Piano Trio, Hall of the Künstlerhaus, Munich, 31.3.2012 (JFL)
Understatement and Innovation from Leif Ove Andsnes
Norway Haydn, Bartók, Debussy, Chopin: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Oslo Opera House, 25.3.2012 (JFL)