Christian Hoskins writes... As everybody loves a list, especially as a year draws to a close, here's a round-up of the best concerts musicOMH's classical section has covered during 2010. Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet, pictured, sang Elektra in Gergiev/LSO's January concert at the Barbican Hall - a highlight amongst many. See you in 2011!
1. Valery Gergiev/LSO – Strauss Elektra (review)
2. Lothar Koenigs/WNO – Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (review)
3. Vasily Petrenko/LPO – Shostakovich Symphony 11 (review)
4. Daniel Barenboim/Berlin Staatskapelle - Schoenberg Pelleas und Melisande (review)
5. Vladimir Jurowski/LPO - Shostakovich Symphony 4 (review)
6. Esa-Pekka Salonen/Philharmonia – Wagner Tristan und Isolde (review)
7. Simon Rattle/Berliner Philharmoniker - Schoenberg, Berg and Webern Orchestral Pieces (review)
8. Vladimir Jurowski/LPO – Mahler Symphony 3 (review)
9. Yuri Temirkanov/Philharmonia – Tchaikovsky Symphony 4 (review)
10. Ingo Metzmacher/Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin - Mahler Symphony 7 (review)
