In Memoriam Sir Peter Jonas – an April Monday Concert of the Bavarian State Opera
27/05/2020
Germany Fourth Concert – In Memoriam Sir Peter Jonas: Elsa Benoit (soprano), Donald Wages (piano), Münchner Klavier Trio, Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano), Live streaming from the Bavarian State Opera, Munich, on 27.4.2020. (MMB)
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) & Helmut Deutsch (piano) (c) Bayerische Staatsoper
London and Berlin: Mahler 6 with the BPO and the one that got away
27/03/2020
Germany Mahler: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle. Recorded at the Berlin Philharmonie, 20.6.2018.
Sir Simon Rattle
Apollo’s Fire explores musical crossroads in Ohio
17/03/2020
United States O Jerusalem: Crossroads of Three Faiths (conceived and directed by Jeannette Sorrell): Soloists, Apollo’s Singers, Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor), Fairlawn Lutheran Church, Akron, Ohio, 9.3.2020. (MSJ)
Amanda Powell, Zafer Tawil & Apollo’s Fire
Turning the corner on Angela Hewitt’s momentous four-year Bach Odyssey
11/03/2020
Canada J. S. Bach: Angela Hewitt (piano). Roy Barnett Recital Hall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 26.2.2020. (GN)
Angela Hewitt © Ole Christiansen
Fine Berlin anniversary tribute to Beethoven and Isaac Stern from Zukerman and Barenboim
10/03/2020
Germany Beethoven: Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Daniel Barenboim (piano). Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, 8.3.2020. (MB)
Pinchas Zukerman and Daniel Barenboim © Monika Rittershaus
All the colors of the rainbow in Louis Langrée’s debut with the New York Philharmonic
09/03/2020
United States Debussy, Ravel, Scriabin: Isabel Leonard (mezzo-soprano), Women’s Chorus from The Juilliard School, New York Philharmonic / Louis Langrée (conductor). David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 5.3.2020. (RP)
Louis Langrée conducting the New York Philharmonic © Chris Lee
Simon Rattle, back in Berlin, makes a strong case for Beethoven’s neglected oratorio
07/03/2020
Germany Strauss and Beethoven: Jonathan Kelly (oboe), Iwona Sobotka (soprano), Benjamin Bruns (tenor), David Soar (bass), Berlin Radio Chorus (chorus director: Simon Halsey) / Simon Rattle (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 5.3.2020. (MB)
Sir Simon Rattle
Vocal perfection from The King’s Singers at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue
06/03/2020
United States An Audience with The King’s Singers – Various: The King’s Singers. Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York, 3.3.2020. (RP)
The King’s Singers © Rebecca Reid
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