More Outstanding Performances of Stockhausen in Berln
20/09/2018
Musikfest Berlin 2018 [12] – Stockhausen: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano, celesta), Dirk Rothbrust (percussion), Benjamin Kobler (piano), Tamara Stefanovich (piano), Marco Stroppa (electronics). Grosser Sendesaal des rbb and Kammermusiksaal, Berlin, 15 & 17.9.2018. (MB) Read more
Exciting and Unusual Juxtaposition of Debussy and Ligeti by François-Xavier Roth
18/09/2018
Musikfest Berlin 2018 [11] – Stravinsky, Zimmermann, Debussy, and Ligeti: Carolin Widmann (violin), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / François-Xavier Roth (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 14.9.2018. (MB) Read more
Closing Concert of the ‘Stars on Baikal’ Festival
17/09/2018
‘Stars on Baikal’ Festival [2] – Verdi, Cilea, Puccini, Saint-Saens, De Curtis, Gershwin, and Tchaikovsky: Hibla Gerzmava (soprano), Denis Matsuev (piano), Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Sladkovsky (conductor) Zagursky Musical Theatre, Irkutsk, 12.9.2018. (GT) Read more
The Lammermuir Festival Has an Atmosphere – Musical and Otherwise – All of its Own
17/09/2018
Lammermuir Festival 2018 (SRT)
Schubert Piano Trios at Dirleton Kirk (c) Lammermuir Festival
Tatarstan National Symphony at ‘Stars of Baikal’ Music Festival
17/09/2018
‘Stars on Baikal’ Festival [1] – Rachmaninov, Mendelssohn, Ibert, Tchaikovsky: Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Sladkovsky (conductor), Alexander Malofeev (piano), Kristine Balanas (violin), Ekaterina Kornishina (flute), Zagursky Music Theatre, Irkutsk, 11.9.2018. (GT) Read more
Brilliant Climax to Ironstone Chamber Music Festival
15/09/2018
Ironstone Chamber Music Festival – Strauss, Dvořák, Mendelssohn: Lucy Gould, Simon Blendis, Alex Redington, Jonathon Stone (violins), Hannah Shaw, Garfield Jackson (violas), Kate Gould, Richard Lester (cellos). St Etheldreda’s Church, Horley, Oxfordshire. 8.9.2018. (CP) Read more
Nelsons and the Bostoners Glorious in a Splendid if Slow Mahler Third
15/09/2018
Lucerne Festival [6] – Mahler: Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor), Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Ladies of the Gewandhaus Choir, Gewandhaus Childrens’ Choir, Kultur- und Kongresszentrum (KKL) Luzern, Lucerne, 13.9.2018. (JR)
Susan Graham (mezzo), Andris Nelsons (conductor) & BSO (c) Lucerne Festival/Peter Fischli
The Performance of a Lifetime: Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s Mastery in Stockhausen
15/09/2018
Musikfest Berlin 2018 [10] – Stockhausen: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Kammermusiksaal, Philharmonie, Berlin, 3.9.2018. (MB)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (c) Adam Janisch
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