United Kingdom Handel, Ottone: English Touring Opera, The Old Street Band, Jonathan Peter Kenny (conductor), Snape Maltings, Snape, 15.11.2014 (CS)
Captivating Production of Handel’s Ottone from English Touring Opera
Claire Seymour
Atmosphere and Tension in Glyndebourne Touring’s Turn of the Screw
United Kingdom Britten, The Turn of the Screw: Soloists, Glyndebourne Touring Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Leo McFall (conductor), Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, 7.11.2014 (CS)
Glyndebourne Touring’s La Traviata Touches the Heart Strings
United Kingdom Verdi, La Traviata: Glyndebourne Touring Opera / Jeremy Bines (conductor), Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, 8.11.2014. (CS)
Dvořák Comes to Wessex in Lively Guildhall Production of The Cunning Peasant
United Kingdom Dvořák, The Cunning Peasant (Šelma Sedlák): Soloists and Orchestra of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Dancers of the Central School of Ballet, Dominic Wheeler (conductor). Silk Street Theatre, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Barbican, London, 5.11.2014 (CS)
The Belcea String Quartet Explore the Viennese Chamber Music Tradition
United Kingdom Mozart, Berg and Brahms: The Belcea String Quartet [Corina Belcea & Axel Schacher (violins), Krzysztiof Chorzelski (viola), Antoine Lederlin (cello)], Wigmore Hall, London, 4.11.2014 (CS)
Schubert Inspires a Thought-Provoking Programme from Edward Gardner
United Kingdom Schubert, Henze, Thomas Larcher, John Adams: Mark Padmore (tenor), BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Symphony Chorus, Edward Gardner (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 1.11.2014 (CS)
Magnificent Rachmaninoff from Pavel Kolesnikov
United Kingdom Rachmaninoff: Pavel Kolesnikov (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 29.10.2014 (CS)
A Recital of Technical Expertise but Insufficient Relaxation
United Kingdom J.S. Bach, Prokofiev, David Braid, Franck: Yuri Zhislin (violin), Sergei Podobedov (piano), King’s Place, London 19.10.2014 (CS)