Work: Recitative and Aria for Soprano, "Misera, dove son!", K369

Bracing and emotionally direct performances from the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Nicole Car, in a carefully-planned programme.

A fascinating first-half juxtaposition of Enescu and Bartók is followed by a strangely unconvincing take on Mozart's “Prague” Symphony.

Barbara Hannigan gives a virtuoso performance of Ligeti's Mysteries of the Macabre with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in Lucerne.