United States Gnesin, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky: Gautier Capuçon (cello), San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 1.3.2017. (HS)
This Week’s Review
Transcendent Eighth and Defiant Ninth End Historic Bruckner Marathon
United States Mozart, Bruckner: Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City. 28-29.1.2017 (BH)
English National Opera Gives The Winter’s Tale a Baptism of Which All Should be Proud
United Kingdom Wigglesworth – The Winter’s Tale (world premiere): Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: James Henshaw) and Orchestra of the English National Opera / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor). London Coliseum, London, 27.2.2017. (MB)
Igor Levit’s Exceptional Beethoven Series Continues
United Kingdom Beethoven: Igor Levit (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 26.2.2017. (MB)
A Vividly Sung Salome with Patricia Racette
United States Strauss, Salome: Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / James Conlon (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 25.2.2017. (JRo)
Pintscher Directs an Orchestral Theme of Travel
United States Pintscher, Saint-Saëns, Schoenberg, Debussy: Cedric Tiberghien (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Matthias Pintscher (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio. 23.2.2017. (MSJ)
© Roger Mastroianni (courtesy of The Cleveland Orchestra)
Dutoit, Fischer and the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich all on Top Form
Switzerland Bartók, Tchaikovsky: Tonhalle Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor), Julia Fischer (violin) Tonhalle, Zurich 23.2.2017. (JR)
Apollo’s Fire: Greater Than the Sum of Their Parts
United States Bach, Telemann: Apollo’s Fire: Debra Nagy (oboe), Olivier Brault (violin), Francis Colpron and Kathie Stewart (recorders and flutes), René Schiffer (cello), Jeannette Sorrell (harpsichord/conductor). Bath Church, Akron, Ohio, 20.2.2017. (MSJ)