Canada Rachmaninoff: Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey, conductor: Orpheum Theater, Vancouver, 29 & 31.3.2014 and 5 & 7.4.2014 (GN)
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Shoestring Macbeth Provides Impressive Performances
United Kingdom Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists and Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Derek Clark (conductor), King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, 8.4.2014 (SRT)
Bach’s Youngest Son Composes Works in the Style of his Elder Brothers
United States Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Christian Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Georg Kallweit (concertmaster), Xenia Löffler (oboe), Raphael Alpermann (harpsichord), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 8.4.2014 (SSM)
MacMillan’s Percussion Concerto Contunues to Sound Fresh
United Kingdom Vaughan Williams, MacMillan, Sibelius: Colin Currie (Percussion), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / John Storgårds (conductor) Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 10.04.2014 (SRT)
Spirituality and Mystery in Tavener Tribute
United Kingdom A Tribute to John Tavener: Reverie / Robbie Jacobs (conductor), St Dunstan-in-the-West, Fleet Street, London, 10.4.2014 (CS)
Rome Goes Russian
Italy Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky. Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Chorus Master, Ciro Visco. Conductor, Stanislav Kochanovsky. Evgeny Nikitin (bass) Sala Santa Cecilia 07.04.2014 (JB)
Munich’s Well-Paced Carmen Makes Strong Impression
Germany Georges Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor und Kinderchor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Opernballett der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Statisterie und Kinderstatisterie der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Nationaltheater, Munich, 3.4.2014 (MC)
Fritz Oeser’s 1964 critical edition of Bizet’s score. Sung in French with German surtitles
Sweet-toned Schumann and Intriguing Bruckner from Saraste
United Kingdom Schumann and Bruckner: Renaud Capuçon (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 9.4.2014 (MB)