United Kingdom Schumann and Beethoven: Piotr Anderszewski (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, London, 10.2.2019 (AS)
Fine Schumann from the LSO and Sir John Eliot Gardiner
London
A Superb Cast, Led by Amanda Majeski, for the Royal Opera’s Katya Kabanova
United Kingdom Janáček – Katya Kabanova: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus (chorus master: William Spaulding), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Edward Gardner (conductor). Royal Opera House, London, 9.2.2019. (MB)
Kissin’s Barbican Recital: A Supreme Technician Who Only Occasionally Touched the Soul
United Kingdom Chopin, Schumann, Debussy and Scriabin: Evgeny Kissin (piano), Barbican Hall, London 6.2.2019. (CSa)
Karina Canellakis Impresses with the BBCSO in Beethoven and Larcher’s Alle Tage
United Kingdom Larcher, Beethoven: Thomas Oliemans (baritone), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Karina Canellakis (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 8.2.2019. (CC)
Pappano Conducts Russian Masterworks with Anita Rachvelishvili and the ROH Orchestra
United Kingdom 2018-19 Orchestral Concert – Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff, and Tchaikovsky: Anita Rachvelishvili (mezzo-soprano), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 8.2.2019. (JPr)
Peter Eötvös Leads the Philharmonia in the UK Premiere of his Multiversum
United Kingdom Schoenberg, Bartók, Stravinsky and Eötvös: Iveta Apkalna (organ), László Fassang (Hammond organ), Philharmonia Orchestra / Peter Eötvös (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 8.2.2019. (AS)
Beatrice Rana’s Thrilling London Recital Far Exceeds Expectations
United Kingdom Chopin, Ravel, Stravinsky/Agosti: Beatrice Rana (piano). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 8.2.2019. (CC)
Intellectual Curiosity and Musical Insight from the Britten Sinfonia at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Mozart, Skryabin, Britten, Colin Matthews, R. Strauss: Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Britten Sinfonia, Wigmore Hall, London, 6.2.2019. (CS)
