Norway Prokofiev, Poulenc: Christian Ihle Hadland (piano), Thomas Søndergård (conductor), NRK-SO (KORK), Oslo University Aula, 24.3.2012. (JFL)
Jens F. Laurson
Trond Kverno’s Passion and the Crux with Via Crucis
Norway Liszt, Kverno: Matthias Gillebo (tenor), Kåre Nordstoga (organ), Terje Kvam (conductor), Oslo Cathedral Choir, Oslo Cathedral, 14.3.2012 (JFL)
Intensity Over Subtlety: NSO Excels at Stabat Mater
United States Dvořák: Anne Schwanewilms (soprano), Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto), Steve Davislim (tenor), Burak Bilgili (bass), National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington, DC. 22.3.2012 (RRR)
A Foursome of Mimís in Barcelona
Spain Giacomo Puccini: La bohème: Soloists, Orquestra and Chorus Gran Teatre del Liceu, Victor Pablo Pérez (conductor), Barcelona’s Liceu, 12, 13, 15, 16.3.2012. (JMI)
Oslo International Church Music Festival (1)
Norway Bach: Peter van Dijk (organ), Oslo Domkirke, 10.3.2012 (JFL)
Wild Thing, She Makes Your Heart Sing; Meow
Spain Manuel Penella: El gato montés: Soloists, Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid, Coro del Teatro de la Zarzuela, Óliver Díaz (conductor), Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid, 3.3.2012 (JMI)
Oslo’s Delightful Stable House of Chamber Music
Norway Eccles, Helland, Hoffmeister, Bloch, Tchaikovsky, Glinka: Erling Sunnarvik (double bass), Nils Lundström (piano), Annika Skoglund (mezzo), Aslak Juva (violin), Vegard Johnsen (violin), Stig-Ove Ose (viola), Hans Josef Groh (cello), Kenneth Ryland (double bass), Akershus Fortress Stable House, Oslo, 10.3.2012 (JFL)
Memories of Another Past: Stefan Herheim’s La bohème
Norway Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Norwegian National Opera Orchestra, Chorus, and Children’s Chorus, Eivind Gullberg Jensen (conductor), Oslo Opera, 23.1.2012 (JFL)