United Kingdom Bach: András Schiff (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 23.11.2013 (GDn)
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Stylish Beethoven from Lief Ove Andsnes
United KingdomStravinsky, Beethoven, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Lief Ove Andsnes (piano/director), Cadogan Hall, London, 21.11.2013 (RB)
An Advanced Poetry Lesson from Benjamin Britten
United States Britten: Philip Myers (horn), Kate Royal (soprano), Sasha Cooke (mezzo soprano), Dominic Armstrong (tenor), Michael Slattery (tenor), New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt (director), Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Dianne Berkun-Menaker (director), New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New York City. 21.11.2013 (DS)
Magnificently Depressing Jenufa
Switzerland Janacek: Jenufa: Soloists, Philharmonia Zurich and Chorus of Zurich Opera (chorus master Ernst Raffelsberger), Patrick Lange (conductor), Zurich Opera, 22.11.13 (JR)
Dutoit Offers Moving, Persuasive War Requiem
United Kingdom: Tatiana Pavlovskaya (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Matthias Goerne (baritone), Chicago Symphony Chorus Duain Wolfe (chorus director), Chicago Children’s Chorus, Josephine Lee (artistic director), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor), Symphony Center, Chicago, 16.11.2013 (JLZ).
Some Highlights and Many Longueurs in Verdi’s Sicilian Vespers
United Kingdom Verdi, Les Vêpres siciliennes (in a new production by Stefan Herheim): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House conducted by Antonio Pappano. Broadcast to the Odeon Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex. 4.11.2013. (JPr)
Silent Era Film Comedy Meets Weimar Cabaret in This Entertaining Magic Flute
United States Mozart, The Magic Flute. LA Opera, James Conlon (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 23.11.13-15.12.13 (JRo)
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Highly Imaginative Bach from Maxim Rysanov and Friends
United Kingdom Bach: Maxim Rysanov (viola), Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Kristina Blaumane (cello), Iain Farrington (harpsichord). Hall One, Kings Place, London, 20.11.2013 (MB)