Austria Boulez and Carter: oenm (österrichsches ensemble für neue musik) / Johannes Kalitzke (conductor). Mozart-Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 7.6.2017. (MB)
Mark Berry
Quite Outstanding Performances of Beethoven and Franck
Austria Beethoven and Franck: Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Vienna Symphony Orchestra / Jakub Hrůša (director). Grosser Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 6.6.2017. (MB)
Pierre Boulez Celebrated in Vienna
Austria Boulez, Ibert, Pintscher, and Debussy: Emmanuel Pahud (flute), ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra / Baldur Brönnimann (conductor). Grosser Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 1.6.2017. (MB)
Complementary Octets by Schubert and Widmann
Germany Schubert and Widmann: Boulez Ensemble, Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, 28.5.2017 (MB)
Muti’s Tchaikovsky is Refreshing in its Integrity
Germany Schubert and Tchaikovsky: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 24.5.2017. (MB)
A Compelling Modernist Realisation of L’incoronazione di Poppea
Germany Monteverdi (arr. Kats-Chernin) – L’incoronazione di Poppea: Soloists, Orchestra of the Komische Oper, Berlin / Matthew Toogood (conductor). Komische Oper, Berlin, 19.5.2017. (MB)
Weber Put in the Shade by Schoenberg and Bartók
Germany Schoenberg, Weber, and Bartók: Carolin Widmann (violin), Jörg Widmann (clarinet), Denis Kozhukhin (piano). Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, 5.5.2017. (MB)
An Operatic Treatment of the Life of a Judge Murdered by the Mafia
Germany Nicola Sani – Falcone: Il tempo sospeso del volo: Soloists, Members of the Staatskapelle Berlin and the Orchestral Academy of the Staatskapelle Berlin / David Robert Coleman (conductor). Schillertheater: Werkstatt, Berlin, 4.5.2017. (MB)
