Austria Haydn, J. M. Staud, R. Strauss, Schoenberg: Cornelius Meister (conductor), Midori (soloist), Thomas Quasthoff (narrator), ORF RSO Wien, Men of the Wiener Singakademie. Großer Saal of the Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna. 17.10.2014 (SS)
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Uchida, Haitink and the LSO Exceed Even the Highest Expectations
United Kingdom Debussy, Mozart, and Brahms: Dame Mitsuko Uchida (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 30.10.2014 (MB)
Alcina: Witch, Shrew and Termagant, But Most of All, a Diva
United States Handel, Alcina: The English Concert, Harry Bicket (Artistic Director and Conductor), Isaac Stern Auditorium / Ronald O. Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall, New York , 26.11.2014 (SSM)
Well Balanced and Finely Paced Bohème from Cash-Strapped ENO
United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Gianluca Marcianò (conductor), London Coliseum, London. 29.10.2014 (JPr)
In a Class on Their Own
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – The Schubert Project (1). Schubert Masterclass with Felicity Lott: Dame Felicity Lott, Jonathan Hyde (baritone), Kaoru Wada (piano), Clara Fournillier (soprano), Béatrice de Larragoïti (soprano), Matthieu Esnult (piano): St. Columba’s Church, Oxford 17.10.2014. (MH)
A Sense of the Dramatic in Kirschlager’s Tribute to Schubert
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – The Schubert Project. Angelika Kirschlager (mezzo-soprano), James Sherlock (piano): Holywell Music Room, Oxford 29.10.2014. (CR)
Resplendent Sound from Royal Opera Orchestra in Early Verdi
United Kingdom ROH Cinema 2014/15, Verdi, I due Foscari: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sir Antonio Pappano.(conductor), Directed for live cinema by Jonathan Haswell and broadcast to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex. 27.10.2014. (JPr)
More Excitement than Repose from Jurowski and Ibragimova
United States Anderson, Mozart, and Strauss: Alina Ibragimova (violin), Philadelphia Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 25.10.2014 (BJ)