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Fauré was the finest of French songwriters. Stéphane Degout and Véronique Gens shine in a full-length evening in a packed Wigmore Hall. 

María Dueñas makes a stylish Proms debut playing Lalo, while Josep Pons and the BBC Symphony paint (French) impressions of Spain.

The joy of Maxim Vengerov and Simon Trpčeski playing together was as palpable in Franck's sonata as it was in Prokofiev's.

The Russian soprano revived her Day and Night programme for The Met Stars Live in Concert series with a recital from the Spanish Riding School in Vienna.

Gautier Capuçon is the soloist in a fine reading of Robert Schumann's Cello Concerto, where sheer outward display gave way to more musical values.

Netrebko put together a potpourri showcasting her immense vocal gifts as well as her versatility.

Winner of Cardiff Singer of the World, Scottish mezzo Catriona Morrison charms the enthusiastic audience with her varied programme of romantic songs.

Cellist Gautier Capuçon and pianist Frank Braley are artists I have previously admired in many chamber ensemble concerts, but their recital at Kings Place was the first time I heard them as a duo.

Debussy, Ravel and Fauré: turn of the century Paris. We might think of hazy perfumed music, but the richness of the Scottish Ensemble brought out a bold, vibrant and dynamic side to the French dreams.

Stepping in for an indisposed Carmen Giannattasio, Romanian mezzo Ruxandra Donose opened (and closed) her Rosenblatt Recital with… Carmen.

Retour sur le passionnant programme de ce concert-lecture donné par le comédien (et chanteur) en compagnie du pianiste Bruno Rigutto.

Marlis Petersen et Stephan Matthias Lademann ont offert au public de Bozar une passionnante expérience imaginaire et poétique, à travers un répertoire fin de siècle très émouvant.

Langeweile gibt es bei Anna Netrebkos Liederabend bei den Münchner Opernfestspielen auf keinen Fall.

Gemeinsam mit dem römischen Orchester intepretiert Sol Gabetta temperamentvoll das Cellokonzert von Édouard Lalo.

Habituée de la Halle aux Grains et du répertoire français, Natalie Dessay retrouvait la salle toulousaine cette fois-ci accompagné par Laurent Naouri et par le pianiste polonais Maciej Pikulski. 

Eine Hommage an den einflussreichsten Geiger des 20. Jahrhunderts gab Charlie Siem in München mit einem vielseitigen und abwechslungsreichen Miniaturen-Programm.