United Kingdom Varèse, Haddad, Ravel, Bach/Benjamin, Schoenberg: Anna Prohaska (soprano), Ensemble Modern / Sir George Benjamin (conductor). Wigmore Hall, London, 12.9.2023. (CC)
Ensemble Modern excel in Ravel and Varèse at the Wigmore Hall
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All that glitters is ‘Rhinegoo’ in Barrie Kosky’s very, very mixed new Das Rheingold at the Royal Opera House
United Kingdom Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 11.9.2023. (CC)
Cuarteto Quiroga celebrates its twentieth anniversary with the launch of their latest CD, ATOMOΣ
United Kingdom Haydn, Beethoven, Bartók, Kurtág: Cuarteto Quiroga (Aitor Hevia, Cibran Sierra [violins], Josep Puchades [viola], Helena Poggio [cello]). 22 Mansfield Street, London, 12.9.2023. (AK)
This was Asmik Grigorian’s Wigmore Hall debut, and what a fine one it was
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov: Asmik Grigorian (soprano) and Lukas Geniušas (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 9.9.2023. (CC)
The Prommers revel as the Last Night of the Proms 2023 is a proper party once again
United Kingdom Prom 71 – Last Night of the Proms 2023: Lise Davidsen (soprano), Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), BBC Singers (chorus master: Nicholas Chalmers), BBC Symphony Chorus (chorus master: Neil Ferris), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Marin Alsop (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 9.9.2023. (JR)
Nobuyuki Tsujii plays an astounding Rachmaninoff Third in one of the great BBC Proms of recent times
United Kingdom Prom 70 – Honegger, Rachmaninoff, Ortiz, Bernstein: Nobuyuki Tsujii (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Domingo Hindoyan (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 8.9.2023. (MBr)
Lawrence Brownlee’s fabulous recital launches Opera Rara’s Donizetti Song Project
United Kingdom Donizetti & Friends: Lawrence Brownlee (tenor) and Carlo Rizzi (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 9.9.2023. (CC)
Pichon and Pygmalion’s theatrical, yet deeply spiritual approach to Mozart’s Requiem
United Kingdom Prom 69 – Mozart/Süssmayr, Requiem: Malakai Bayoh (treble), Sandrine Piau (soprano), Beth Taylor (mezzo-soprano), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Alex Rosen (bass), Pygmalion / Raphaël Pichon (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.9.2023. (CC)
