Potent playing in New Zealand from the cosmopolitan Meler chamber ensemble
31/08/2011
Mozart, Turina, Antony Verner, Dvořak: MELER Ensemble (Josef Špaček, violin; Amanda Verner, viola; Aleisha Verner, cello; Andrew Tyson, piano), The Old Library, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand, 18.8.2011 (PSe) Read more
Notes from the 2011 Salzburg Festival ( 15 ) – Chamber Concert • Beethoven, Ives
30/08/2011
Ives, Beethoven: Zehetmair Quartet, Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Grand Concert Hall, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 15.8.2011 (JFL) Read more
Salzburg Festival 2011 – Franz Welser-Möst not quite at his best for Zemlinsky
30/08/2011
Salzburg Festival 2011 – Schubert/Mahler and Zemlinsky: Christine Schäfer (soprano), Michael Volle (baritone), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 25.8.2011 (MB) Read more
Mozart’s “A Little Night Music” at New York’s Lincoln Center
29/08/2011
Mostly Mozart Festival (7): Jennifer Koh (violin), Shai Wosner (piano), Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, Lincoln Center, NY, 24-08-2011 (SSM) Read more
Salzburg Festival 2011 – Masterful Beethoven from Pollini
28/08/2011
Beethoven: Maurizio Pollini (piano). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 24.8.2011 (MB) Read more
Notes from the 2011 Salzburg Festival ( 14 ) – Hans Rott & Alban Berg
27/08/2011
Ives, Hartmann, Mahler, Mozart: ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna, Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Cornelius Meister (conductor), Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 14.8.2011 (JFL) Read more
New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival Winds Down
26/08/2011
Mostly Mozart (6): Mozart Festival Orchestra, Jérémie Rhorer (Conductor), Bertrand Chamayou (Piano), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 23.8.2011 (SSM) Read more
Notes from the 2011 Salzburg Festival ( 12 ) – Camerata Salzburg 1
26/08/2011
Ives, Hartmann, Mahler, Mozart: Camerata Salzburg, Maria João Pires (piano), Kent Nagano (conductor), Mozarteum Grand Concert Hall, Salzburg, 12.8.2011 (JFL) Read more
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