Singapore Beethoven, Dohnányi: Martin Roscoe (piano), Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Günther Herbig (conductor), Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore, 9.5.2014. (RP)
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Disappointing Tosca Revival at Covent Garden
United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus and Extra Chorus (chorus master: Renato Balsadonna), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Oleg Caetani (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 10.5.2013 (MB)
Oksana Dyka Photo C. Ashmore
Gil Shaham in Bright Sheng’s Violin Concerto
United Kingdom Dukas, Sheng and Bartók: Gil Shaham (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 09.05.14 (CS)
Spark Missing from Haitink, Kavakos and the New York Phiharmonic
United States Webern, Berg, Beethoven: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 8.5.2014 (SSM)
Stellar Singers, Elder and the LSO in Sumptuous Strauss
United Kingdom Mozart and Richard Strauss: Anne Schwanewilms (soprano), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 8.5.2014 (CS)
Luminous Sibelius, Dark Sallinen and Dramatic Grieg
United States Sallinen, Grieg, Sibelius: Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Cleveland Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, 8.5.2014
Choreographic Opera Dido and Aeneas Makes Waves
Germany Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Vocalconsort Berlin, Christopher Moulds (conductor), Staatsoper im Schiller Theater, Berlin, 8.5.2014
Photo Sebastian Bolesch
The Moscow Virtuosi On Tour
Canada Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Piazzolla: Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, Vladimir Spivakov, conductor, Chan Centre, Vancouver, 6.5.2014 (GN)