United Kingdom Massenet and Martinů: Singers and orchestra of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Peter Robinson (conductor). Silk Street Theatre, London, 5.11.2012. (JPr)
London
Francesco Piemontesi: Persuasive in Debussy
United Kingdom Mozart, Schubert, Chopin, and Debussy: Francesco Piemontesi (piano). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 7.11.2012 (MB)
Oliver Knussen’s Sixtieth Birthday Celebrated in Style
United Kingdom Total Immersion – Oliver Knussen at 60: Soloists, Guildhall New Music Ensemble, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Richard Baker, Oliver Knussen (conductors). Music Hall, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and Barbican Hall, London, 4.11.2012 (MB)
ENO’s Pilgrim progresses via Death Row
United Kingdom Vaughan Williams, The Pilgrim’s Progress: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Martyn Brabbins (conductor). London Coliseum, 5.11.2012. (JQ)
Vänskä’s Dramatic, Naturally Paced Rachmaninov
United Kingdom Nielsen, Dvořák, Rachmaninov: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London. 2.11.2012 (CD)
A Brilliant Recital by Benjamin Grosvenor
United Kingdom Bach, Chopin, Scriabin, Granados, Schulz-Evler: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 31.10.2012 (RB)
Close-ups Do No Favours in Met Live Otello
United Kingdom Verdi, Otello: Soloists, Chorus and orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Semyon Bychkov. (conductor). Production by Elijah Moshinsky, directed for Met Live in HD 2012/13 by Barbara Willis Sweete and broadcast to the Barbican Cinema, London, 27.10.2012. (JPr)
The Arditti Quartet in a Typically Testing Programme
United Kingdom Clarke, Abrahamsen, Saunders, Rihm: Arditti Quartet, Wigmore Hall, London, 31.10.2012 (MB)