From Apollo’s Fire in Ohio, the gift of Bach
18/12/2019
United States J.S. Bach, Christmas Oratorio: Molly Netter (soprano), Daniel Moody (contralto), Steven Soph (tenor), Jesse Blumberg (baritone), Apollo’s Fire / Julian Wachner (conductor). St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Akron, Ohio, 12.12.2019. (MSJ)
Julian Wachner conducting Apollo’s Fire & Apollo’s Singers (c) Erica Brenner
A wonderful concert from Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin
17/12/2019
United Kingdom Schumann, Elgar, and Debussy: Elina Garanča (mezzo-soprano), Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 16.12.2019. (MB)
Daniel Barenboim © Pablo Castagnola
Happy Birthday in Madrid to William Christie and Les Arts Florissants on their Baroque Odyssey tour
16/12/2019
Spain A Baroque Odyssey – Handel, Purcell, Charpentier, D’Ambruis, Lully, Rameau: Sandrine Piau (soprano), Lea Desandre (mezzo-soprano), Marcel Beekman (tenor), Christophe Dumaux (countertenor), Marc Mauillon (baritone), Lisandro Abadie (bass-baritone), Les Arts Florissants / William Christie and Paul Agnew (conductors). Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid, 15.12.2019. (JMI)
Les Arts Florissants (c) CNDM Elvira Megías
A concert from the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and François-Xavier Roth to lift the spirits
16/12/2019
Germany Haydn, Martinů, and Ligeti: Holger Groschopp (piano), Stefan Dohr (horn), Mahler Chamber Orchestra / François-Xavier Roth (conductor). Kammermusiksaal, Berlin, 15.12.2019. (MB)
Stefan Dohr (c) Simon Pauly
Blomstedt guides a wondrous horn section through a stellar Bruckner Four in Zurich
16/12/2019
Switzerland Mozart, Bruckner: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich / Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 12.12.2019. (CCr)
Herbert Blomstedt (c) Mark Allan
Lully’s Isis is a delectable experience at Versailles
14/12/2019
France Lully, Isis (1676, concert performance): Soloists, Namur Chamber Choir, Les Talens Lyriques / Christophe Rousset (conductor). Opéra Royal, Château de Versailles, Versailles, France 10.12.2019. (CC)
Christophe Rousset (c) Eric Larrayadieu
In San Francisco’s salute to women, Barton does it all
13/12/2019
United States Warren, L. Boulanger, Beach, N. Boulanger, Haydn, Larsen, Ravel Duparc, R. Strauss: Jamie Barton (mezzo-soprano), Kathleen Kelly (piano), presented by San Francisco Performances, Herbst Hall, San Francisco. 11.12.2019. (HS)
Jamie Barton (c) Fay Fox
Chanticleer captures the mystery of the Christmas Story in the Baroque Church of St Ignatius Loyola
11/12/2019
United States A Chanticleer Christmas: Chanticleer / William Fred Scott (music director), The Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, New York, 8.12.2019. (RP)
Chanticleer © Lisa Kohler
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