Pianist Barry Douglas in Conversation with Robert Beattie
Stan
Vladimir Jurowski Leads a Superb Peter Grimes in London
United Kingdom Britten, Peter Grimes: Soloists, London Voices, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 28.9.2013. (JPr)
Nikolai Lugansky and the LSO: Only Superlatives Suffice.
United Kingdom Britten, Prokofiev, Shostakovich: London Symphony Orchestra, Nikolai Lugansky, Gianandrea Noseda, Barbican Hall, London, 29.9. 2013 (GDn)
Juanjo Mena and BBC Phil Deliver a Stunning Elgar Performance
Anthony Burgess, Brahms, Elgar: Stephen Hough (piano), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Juanjo Mena (conductor). Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 28.9.2013. (MC)
Runnicles Conducts Levin Edition of Mozart Requiem
United Kingdom Elgar, Mozart/Levin: Alisa Weilerstein (cello), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 29.09.2013 (SRT)
Dohnányi and the Boston Symphony: A Mahler Second Impressive for Its Sheer Logic
United States Mahler: Symphony No.2 in C Minor, Camilla Tilling (soprano),
Sarah Connolly (mezo-soprano), Boston Symphony Orchestra
, Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor)
, Symphony Hall, Boston, 28.9.2013 (DA)
Kariné Poghosyan: Powerhouse Pianist Tackles Liszt (and Others)
United States Schubert, Bach, Liszt: Kariné Poghosyan (piano), St. Vartan Chamber Orchestra, St.Vartan Cathedral, New York, 25.9.2103 (SSM)
Two Vocal Tightrope Walkers
United States Resonant Bodies Festival: Furrer, Cage, Ablinger, Iddon, Johnson, Cassidy, Aperghis: Jeffrey Gavett (baritone), Christie Finn (soprano), Shapeshifter Lab, Brooklyn, New York. 7.9.2013 (DS)
(Photo by Bruce Kung)