United Kingdom Prokofiev, Elgar, Rimsky Korsakov: Steven Isserlis (cello), Clio Gould (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Karabits (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 22.4.2014 (CS)
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Federico Colli’s Exciting Queen ELizabeth Hall Debut
United Kingdom Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann. Federico Colli (piano), Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 22.3.2014 (RB)
Idiomatic, Stylish Command from Denève and Lewis
United States MacMillan, Beethoven, and Rachmaninoff: Paul Lewis (piano), Seattle Symphony, Stéphane Denève (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 18.4.2014 (BJ)
Wagnerian Harmonies and Period Lustre in Opera Leipzig’s Manon
Germany Puccini, Manon Lescau: Soloists, Chorus of the Leipzig Opera (chorus master: Alessandro Zuppardo), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Anthony Bramall (conductor). Leipzig Opera House, 19.4.2014 (MB)
Foto Tom Schulze
UK-Based Choir and Singers Perform Ukrainian Music in Kiev
Ukraine Stetsenko and Other Composers: The Bulava Chorus and Soloists / Pavlo Hunka (Director), Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, Kiev, 20.4.2014. (RD)
Quiet Authority Instead of Histrionic Swoon
United States Dvořák, Tchaikovsky: Mark Kosower (cello), Cleveland Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, 17.4.2014 (MSJ)
Leipzig Parsifal Offers Space for Reflection
Germany Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Children’s Choir, Women of the Youth Choir, Chorus, and Additional Chorus of the Leipzig Opera, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Ulf Schirmer (conductor). Leipzig Opera House, 18.4.2014 (MB)
Eifman’s Anna Karenina Harks Back to Choreography Soviet Style
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Anna Karenina: Saint Petersburg Eifman Ballet, London Coliseum, London, 19.04.2014 (J.O’D)
