United Kingdom Beethoven: Takács Quartet [Edward Dusinberre, Károly Schranz (violins); Geraldine Walther (viola); András Fejér (cello)]. Wigmore Hall, London, 6.2.2017. (CC)
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Uneven Performances in the Penultimate Instalment of the Chilingirian’s Bartók Cycle
United Kingdom Mozart, Bartók, Beethoven: Chilingirian Quartet (Levon Chilingirian & Ronald Birks [violin], Susie Mészáros [viola], Stephen Orton [cello]), Kings Place, London 5.2.2017 (CS)
Jonas Kaufmann Begins His Barbican Residency on Top Form
United Kingdom Schumann, Duparc, Britten: Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano), Barbican Centre, London, 4.2.2017. (RB)
Jonathan Miller’s Rigoletto Comes Round Again at ENO
United Kingdom Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Sir Richard Armstrong (conductor). London Coliseum, London, 4.2.2017. (JPr)
Paavo Järvi and the Philharmonia End their Nielsen Cycle in Style
United Kingdom Haydn, Beethoven, Nielsen: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Lars Vogt (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra/Paavo Järvi (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 2. 2. 2017. (RB)
The Royal Opera’s Il trovatore Rewards Listening to rather than Watching
United Kingdom Verdi, Il trovatore: Soloists, chorus and Royal Opera House Orchestra / Richard Farnes (conductor). Directed for the screen by Bridget Caldwell and broadcast from the Royal Opera House to Odeon Cinema, Covent Garden, London. 31.1.2017. (JPr)
Treasurable Mozart and Schumann from Mitsuko Uchida
United Kingdom Mozart and Schumann: Dame Mitsuko Uchida (piano). Royal Festival Hall, London, 31.1.2017. (MB)
The Brook Street Band Banish Dreary January with a Trip to Eighteenth-Century Italy
United Kingdom Rome, Venice and Naples – Handel’s Italian Legacy: The Brook Street Band (Nicki Kennedy [soprano], Rachel Harris & Farran Scott [baroque violin], Tatty Theo [baroque cello], Carolyn Gibley [harpsichord]), St John’s Smith Square, London, 29.1.2017. (CS)