United States Various composers: Soloists, Seattle Chamber Music Society, streaming from The Center for Chamber Music, Seattle, 24.7.2020. (ZC)
High-powered Shostakovich anchors Seattle Chamber Music Society Virtual Summer Festival performance
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The Met presents Jonas Kaufmann Live in Concert from Bavaria
Germany Met Stars Live in Concert [1]: Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) and Helmut Deutsch (piano). Live stream (directed by Gary Halvorson) from Polling Abbey, Polling bei Weilheim, 18.7.2020. (RP)
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Trifonov finds the heart in Bach’s The Art of Fugue
United States Bach, The Art of Fugue: Daniil Trifonov (piano), presented virtually by Aspen Music Festival, streaming from Connecticut, 19.7.2020. (HS)
Intimate arrangements for tenor and harp of Latin American songs finds Rolando Villazón close to his best again
France Serenata Latina: Rolando Villazón (tenor) and Xavier de Maistre (harp). Live stream from Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Paris, and reviewed on 17.7.2020. (JPr)
Works & Process – Guggenheim and Met Present New Works by Missy Mazzoli and Nico Muhly
United States Works & Process Artists Virtual Commissions – Mazzoli, Muhly: Co-presented by Guggenheim Museum & Metropolitan Opera, New York, and streamed online 12-13.7.2020. (RP)
There is music that assuages from James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong in Seattle
United States Beethoven: James Ehnes (violin), Andrew Armstrong (piano), presented virtually by Aspen Music Festival, streaming from Center for Chamber Music, Seattle, 12.7.2020. (HS)
Singers show what San Francisco Opera missed due to the pandemic
United States San Francisco Opera, Celebrating the Summer Season: Michelle Bradley (soprano), Louise Alder (soprano), Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Russell Thomas (tenor), Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor), Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Eun Sun Kim (conductor), Various locations, 10.7.2020. (HS)
Even Covid-19 cannot stop Aspen from celebrating Robert Spano, albeit virtually
United States Aspen’s 2020 Virtual Festival Opening: Renée Fleming (soprano), Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), Kelley O’Connor (mezzo-soprano), Yefim Bronfman (piano), Robert McDuffie (violin), Nancy Goeres (bassoon), Michael Rusinek (clarinet), Elizabeth Pridgeon (piano), Brian Locke (piano), Robert Ainsley (piano). Various locations, 5.7.2020. (HS)
