Switzerland Dubugnon, Schumann and Shostakovich: Orchestre de Paris, Khatia Buniatishvili (piano), Paavo Järvi (conductor), Tonhalle, Zurich 28.5.16. (JR)
John Rhodes
Bejun Mehta and William Christie in an Outstanding Orlando
Switzerland Handel, Orlando: Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich, William Christie (conductor), Soloists, Zurich Opera 13.5.16. (JR)
Psychological Puzzle of a Production: Pelléas in Zurich
Switzerland Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, conductor: Alain Altinoglu, Zurich Opera, Zurich, 8.5.16. (JR)
St. Matthew Passion at the International Bach Festival in Schaffhausen
Switzerland Bach: Gabrieli Consort & Players / Paul McCreesh (conductor), Chorus I: Mhairi Lawson, Anna Stéphany, Nicholas Mulroy, Benjamin Appl. Chorus II: Sophie Junker, Helen Charlston, Thomas Walker, Stephan Loges. Kirche St. Johann, Schaffhausen 5.5.2016. (JR)
Rotterdamers on European Tour with All-Russian Programme
Switzerland Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Prokofiev: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Sol Gabetta (cello), Tonhalle Zurich, 25.4.16. (JR)
Zurich Alumni Orchestra’s Valiant Efforts with Popular Programme
Switzerland Sibelius, Ravel and Gershwin: Alumni Orchestra Zurich, Johannes Schlaefli (conductor), Andreas Janke (violin), Tonhalle, Zurich, 4.4.2016. (JR)
Towering Bruckner Fourth from Sanderling and the Tonhalle
Switzerland Widmann & Bruckner: Tonhalle Orchestra, Michael Sanderling (conductor), Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet), Tonhalle, Zurich, 31.3.16. (JR)
Unrelenting Terror and Frenzy from Shostakovich, Jansons and the Bavarians
Switzerland Shostakovich: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor) Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern, Lucerne 20.3.2016 (JR)