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Sparks fly at the Queen's Hall, but it's the gentler arrangements that really impress. 

Half-arty, half-folky, this collaboration between bass-baritone Florian Boesch and the East Tyrolean ensemble Franui was an entertaining mixed bag.

A sizzling combination of classical, jazz and folk-inspired music from Fröst and the Academy which drifted across continents with consummate skill.

French organist Thierry Escaich offered a fascinating musical journey with a programme which juxtaposed the organ music of J S Bach with responses to it by Mendelssohn and Brahms, as well his own improvisations on themes by Bach.

In a thoroughly riveting recital at the Concertgebouw, soprano Anna Prohaska probes Ophelia’s psyche through songs from the nineteenth century onwards.

Brass chamber music may sound like an alarming oxymoron until you hear the warm sound of Onyx Brass, who brought their Tour de Brass programme to Auckland Castle as part of Durham's annual BRASS festival.

Natalie Dessay’s recital at the Maison Symphonique last night should have been an art song lover’s dream come true. Instead the audience was treated to a bizarre spectacle of over-expression and under-singing.

It is hard to believe that Anne Sofie von Otter has been on the international scene for over 25 years, and after all this time, her voice is in remarkable shape. Coupled here with the equally esteemed Emanuel Ax, this intimate recital communicated a great depth of understanding in the music.

Simon Keenlyside and Graham Johnson's concert at the Vienna Konzerthaus featured songs by Schoenberg and his pupil Hanns Eisler, as well as Britten, Wolf, Schubert and Brahms. These consummate artists made a difficult program seem easy to perform and even easier to listen to.

Tenor Ian Bostridge and pianist Julius Drake presented a stunning program of Lieder by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) and his protégé Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) on 7 March at the Perelman Theater of the Kimmel Center, as part of the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society’s fine series. The small hall, nearly full, lent itself perfectly to the intimate performance of Lieder.

How tempting it can be for the aficionado of German Lieder to stay at home and never to go to concerts. He (yes, it is normally a he rather than a she) can retreat into his LP and CD collection, and convince himself that the great recordings of a Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau or an Elisabeth Schwarzkopf cannot be surpassed.

Dans un programme de lieder, la voix puissante de Kelly God a peiné à trouver ses marques. Accompagnée par la pianiste Anne Le Bozec, la soprano a néanmoins proposé d'admirables interprétations.

L’Église Saint-Bonaventure s’est remplie des mystères vocaux de l’Avent, de Bach à Rutter.

On aurait pu craindre, le temps d’une Maurerische Trauermusik nous confirmant l’inadéquation de l’acoustique du TCE à l’effectif symphonique classique, que le choix de l’économie et de la joliesse, au détriment de l’émotion et de la profondeur, ne vienne blanchir la dureté d’un programme composé de véritables chefs-d’œuvre.

Bach, Schütz, Schein, Brahms, Reger : la musique sacrée allemande en délicatesse et expressivité.

Daniil Trifonov zeigt beim Klavier-Festival Ruhr sein ganzes pianistisches Können. Schnelle Tempi, kräftige Akkorde und weite Melodien erklangen im Dortmunder Konzerthaus. 

Un Requiem allemand de Brahms parfaitement abouti, d’une réalisation exemplaire, d’une beauté chorale à couper le souffle et d’une très riche émotion contenue qui font honneur au Rundfunkchor Berlin.

Du bist die Ruh' (Tú eres la calma)… con el Lied de Schubert in memóriam de las víctimas del accidente aéreo en los Alpes franceses horas antes, Natalie Dessay, acompañada por Philippe Cassard, comenzó emocionada su recital de debut en A Coruña.