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Jan 16, 2013
Der Prinz von Homburg, Staatstheater Mainz
The first new staging of one of Hans Werner Henze’s operas since his death is a fitting homage
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Jan 16, 2013
All the best: Ravel’s piano music
The finest performances of piano music from a composer with a gift for jewel-like perfectionism
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Jan 14, 2013
Miguel, Shepherds Bush Empire, London
The latest R&B sensation from the US combined romantic blandishments with artistic ambition
©Brett Boardman
Jan 14, 2013
Sydney Festival, Carriageworks
Beethoven played on a guitar and a reconceived ‘Othello’ were among the works performed over a weekend of blurred boundaries
Jan 14, 2013
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Litton, Barbican, London
Benjamin Grosvenor’s piano-playing raised Britten’s Piano Concerto to a level the composer himself would have admired
Jan 14, 2013
London Schools Symphony Orchestra, Barbican, London
Austrian composer H.K. Gruber introduced his young charges to ‘Frankenstein!!’ and led them on a whistle-stop tour of his music
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Jan 13, 2013
Larry Goldings, Ronnie Scott’s, London
Goldings’ organ trio balanced a warm heart with percussive bite, and sounded terrific
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Jan 11, 2013
Warsaw pact
Pianist Janina Fialkowska talks about her musical choices and musical roots
Jan 9, 2013
Aurora Percussion Duo/Bartosz Glowacki, Purcell Room, London
This second instalment of the PLG Young Artists series illustrated how barriers are collapsing between performance traditions
Jan 8, 2013
Nabucco, Leipzig Opera
Dietrich Hilsdorf’s production sets a high standard for the year of Verdi’s 200th birthday celebrations
Jan 8, 2013
PLG Young Artists, Purcell Room, London
In an evening that tried to pack in too much, the soprano-pianist partnership of Louise Alder and Gary Matthewman stood out
Jan 7, 2013
The Barber of Seville, Metropolitan Opera, New York
With an opaque English translation and a truncated score, family-friendly Rossini comes with a price at the Met
Jan 7, 2013
Christian Blackshaw, Wigmore Hall, London
The pianist brought his momentous journey through Mozart’s sonatas to a rapturous ending
Jan 6, 2013
All the best: La traviata
Maria Callas’s Violetta is still one of the moving opera recordings. But Verdi’s masterpiece is well served by other sopranos too
Jan 6, 2013
Echoes of Venice, Wigmore Hall, London
This evening of early music from soprano and theorbo failed to fulfil its early promise
Jan 2, 2013
Maria Stuarda, Metropolitan Opera, New York
Joyce DiDonato gives an exquisitely proportioned, remarkably sensitive performance in the title role
Jan 2, 2013
Bach Unwrapped, Kings Place, London
An uplifting New Year cantata provided an apposite opening to Kings Place’s year-long Bach festival
Jan 1, 2013
Doric String Quartet, Wigmore Hall, London
Subtle yet responsive readings of Haydn, Bartók and Schubert show why this ensemble has been so durable
Jan 1, 2013
New Year’s Eve Concert, Philharmonie, Berlin
Cecilia Bartoli saved a shaky baroque start before the Berliners moved triumphantly to more secure ground
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