United States Shostakovich, Ornstein, Dvořák: Pacifica Quartet (Simin Gonatra, Sibbi Bernhardsson, violins; Masumi Per Rostad, viola; Brandon Vamos, cello), Marc-André Hamelin (piano), presented by San Francisco Performances at SFJAZZCenter, San Francisco. 11.11.2013 (HS)
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Aida Again and Pleasurable Again
Verdi, Aida: Maestranza Orchestra and Chorus, Pedro Halffter (conductor), Teatro de la Maestranza, Seville, 6.11.2013 (JMI)
Speed Counts
United States Bach, Handel, Mozart: Miah Persson (soprano), Stephanie Blythe (mezzo-soprano), Frédéric Antoun (tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Labadie (conductor), New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt (choral director), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 7.11.2013 (SSM)
A City Embraces a New Music Director
United States Higdon, Copland, Beethoven: eighth blackbird, Maya Angelou (narrator), Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Louis Langrée (Music Director), Cincinnati Music Hall, 11.11.13
Passion and Probity in Noseda’s Eroica
United Kingdom Verdi, Bruch, Beethoven: Renaud Capuçon (violin), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 8.11.2013 (MC)
Oxford Philomusica Celebrate 15th Anniversary with Beethoven Cycle
United Kingdom Beethoven: Oxford Philomusica / Marios Papadopoulos (pianist and conductor), Beethoven Festival, Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 10.11.2013. (CR)
Morlot Masters Mahler in Riveting Sixth Symphony
United StatesBoulez and Mahler: Kimberly Russ (piano), Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 7.11.2013 (BJ)