United Kingdom Lindberg, Stravinsky, Gershwin: Viviana Mologni (timpani, soprano), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Wind Orchestra, Christian Lindberg (conductor), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 30.5.2012 (GPu)
Glyn Pursglove
Powerful programme of French and Russian music from François-Xavier Roth
United Kingdom Manoury, Shostakovich, Debussy: Daniel Hope (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / François-Xavier Roth (conductor), St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 25.5.2012 (GPu)
Ashkenazy’s lovingly respectful way with Berlioz and Bruch
United Kingdom Berlioz, Bruch: Alina Pogostkina (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor), St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 22.5.2012 (GPu)
Poetry – and Rhetoric – from Pianist Olli Mustonen
United Kingdom Bach, Shostakovich, Rachmaninov: Olli Mustonen (piano), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh college of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 20.5.2012 (GPu)
Beauty of Sound and Meaning by The Tallis Scholars in Cardiff
United Kingdom Tallis, Byrd, Sheppard, The Choristers of St. John’s College, Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral Choir, The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (director) St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 3.5.2012 (GPu)
Three Musical Reflections on Napoleon from Cardiff
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Schoenberg, Beethoven: David Soar (narrator), David Adams, Heather Badke-Hohmann (violins), Philip Heyman (violin), Rosie Biss (cello), James Southall (piano), Community Choir, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Lothar Koenigs (conductor), St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 27.4.2012 (GPu)
Schubert Trio Lifts the Spirits in Cardiff
United Kingdom Schubert: Lesley Hadfield Trio: Lesley Hadfield (violin), Alistair Beatson (piano), Guy Johnston (cello), Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff, 30.3.2010. (GPu)
Outstanding Saint-Saëns from Alina Ibragimova
United Kingdom Debussy, Saint-Saëns, Rachmaninov: Alina Ibragimova (violin), Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse / Tugan Sokhiev (conductor), St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 29. 3.2012 (GPu)