United States Daugherty and Mahler: Carol Jantsch (tuba), Philadelphia Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 28.3.2015 (BJ)
Month: April 2015
Dmitri Kogan Showcases Five Great Violins in a Marathon Concert
United Kingdom Benda, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Sarasate, Godard, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Gershwin, Piazzolla. Dmitri Kogan (violin) Moscow Camerata Chamber Orchestra, Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, London. 30.3.2015 (LB)
Atrium Quartet Recital Shows Beethoven’s Influence on Borodin and Shostakovich
United Kingdom Borodin, Shostakovich, Beethoven: Atrium Quartet, Wigmore Hall, London 23.3.2015 (GD)
Selfless Playing of High Integrity from Bavarian Radio Orchestra
Germany Antonín Dvořák: Erin Wall (soprano), Mihoko Fujimura (mezzo), Christian Elsner (tenor), Liang Li (bass), Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Mariss Jansons (conductor), Herkulessaal, Munich, 24.3.2015. (MC)
Zhang Zuo Plays with Passion, Empathy and Feeling
Bach, Schumann, Schubert: Zhang Zuo (piano), Royal Weslsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 22.03.2015. (LJ). Bach, J. S.: Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 Schumann, Robert: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26 Schubert, Franz: Sonata in C minor, D. 958 Described by no other than Paavo Jarvi as “one of the most … Read more
Tcherniakov and Barenboim Put on a Parsifal for Thinking People
Germany Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus master: Martin Wright), Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Schiller Theater, Berlin, 28.3.2015 (MB)