Guardian Music — Sage, GatesheadIn a discussion preceding the performance, Thomas Zehetmair was asked if Beethoven's Grosse Fuge really requires a conductor, as the work originally developed from a string quartet. Though no mean quartet player himself, Zehetmair seem... more info

Guardian Music — St George's, BristolThese days Mitsuko Uchida tends to give her London recitals in the Royal Festival Hall. That ensures that a bigger audience will be able to hear a pianist who, since she took British citizenship, can be legitimately regarded as a ... more info

Guardian Music — (Linn Records)The first time you hear Earth, Sweet Earth (Laudes Terrae) by Kenneth Leighton (1929-88), the piano introduction is so elaborate, pensive and self-sufficient you forget the voice will enter at all. James Gilchrist makes the same observa... more info

The Telegraph — James Gilchrist (tenor), Anna Tilbrook (piano). Rating: * * * more info

Topix — By Mark Kanny , PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Wednesday, September 22, 2010 Last updated: 12:45 pm Photos click to enlarge Pianist Yuja Wang © Felix Broede DG click to enlarge PSO concert Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra click to enlarge Second visit © Fe... more info

Scotsman.com — **** Harmonia Mundi HMC 902053-55, £29.99 more info

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Guardian Music — Millennium Centre, CardiffBeethoven's wonderfully strange stage work, an 18th-century singspiel that transforms itself into a 19th-century romantic opera, has its problems, to which perceptive productions generally find more or less convincing soluti... more info

Guardian Music — Wigmore Hall, LondonPicturing Beethoven smiling is almost impossible, thanks to a series of portraits that have come to define the archetype of the grumpy genius. But hearing him smile is easy – or so it seemed at this Artemis Quartet recital, th... more info

Mercury News, California — The most ambitious Beethoven study center outside Bonn, Germany, where Beethoven was born, is presenting the free exhibit '25 Treasures for 25 Years.' more info