United Kingdom Mozart and Richard Strauss: Anne Schwanewilms (soprano), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 8.5.2014 (CS)
Claire Seymour
Jurowski and the LPO: ‘The Familiar Made New’
United Kingdom Nikodijevic, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky:Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 26.4.2014 (CS)
Karabits and the RPO on Top Form
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Elgar, Rimsky Korsakov: Steven Isserlis (cello), Clio Gould (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Karabits (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 22.4.2014 (CS)
Spirituality and Mystery in Tavener Tribute
United Kingdom A Tribute to John Tavener: Reverie / Robbie Jacobs (conductor), St Dunstan-in-the-West, Fleet Street, London, 10.4.2014 (CS)
Cavalli’s Ormindo Splendidly Realised in an Ideal Performance Space.
United KingdomCavalli, Soloists, Orchestra of Early Opera Company. Christian Curnyn (conductor). The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, 26.3.2014. (CS)
The Zehetmair Quartet: Memorable Music-Making – from Memory
United Kingdom Janáček, Schubert, Debussy: Zehetmair Quartet [Thomas Zahetmair & Kuba Jakovicz (violins), Ruth Killius (viola), Christian Elliott (cello)], Wigmore Hall, London, 14.3.2014 (CS)
The Artemis Quartet Offers Cerebral Coherence and Intellectual Precision – and Fine Playing
. Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 11.3.2014. (CS)
Yuja Wang: Impressive Surface Virtuosity but the Depths as yet Unplumbed
United Kingdom Rachmaninov and Stravinsky: Yuja Wang (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 20.2.2014 (CS)