Austria Salzburg Festival (4) – Debussy, Boulez, and Tchaikovsky: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, 12.8.2015 (MB)
Mark Berry
Thoughtfully Conceived Journeys in Song from Christiane Karg and Malcolm Martineau
Austria Salzburg Festival (3) – Wolf, Montsalvatge, Duparc, Ravel, Hahn, Koechlin, Poulenc, and Barber: Christiane Karg (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano). Mozarteum, Salzburg, 11.8.2015 (MB)
A Magnificent Evening at Salzburg with Rihm’s Die Eroberung von Mexico
Austria Salzburg Festival (2) – Rihm, Die Eroberung von Mexico: Soloists, Mixed Choir (on tape), Movement Choir, ORF Symphony Orchestra, Vienna, Ingo Metzmacher (conductor), Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 10.8.2015 (MB)
Pollini’s Profoundly Satisfying Beethoven and Schoenberg
Austria Salzburg Festival (1) – Beethoven and Schoenberg: Maurizio Pollini (piano). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 9.8.2015 (MB)
Young Artists Bring Handel’s Serse (Xerxes) from Longborough to London
United Kingdom Handel, Serse (Xerxes): Longborough Young Artists (Soloists and Orchestra) / Jeremy Silver (conductor). Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London, 30.7.2015 (MB)
The Prokofiev Piano Concerto Marathon at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 15 – Prokofiev: Daniil Trifonov, Sergei Babayan, Alexei Volodin (pianos), London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 28.7.2015 (MB)
A Wonderful Start to Leif Ove Andsnes’ Proms Survey of the Beethoven Concertos
United Kingdom Prom 9 – Beethoven and Stravinsky: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano, director), Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Royal Albert Hall, London, 23.7.2015. (MB)