Germany Musikfest Berlin 2024 [2] – Schoenberg and Ives: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano). Kammermusiksaal, Berlin, 2.9.2024 (MB)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s generous and magnificent Musikfest recital of Schoenberg and Ives
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Fascinating and brilliant Musikfest song recital from Anna Prohaska and Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Germany Musikfest Berlin 2024 [1] – Ives, Stravinsky, and Debussy: Anna Prohaska (soprano), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano). Kammermusiksaal, Berlin, 1.9.2024. (MB)
In New York, a Takasugi piano concerto for the end of our times
United States Time:Spans 2024 – Takasugi: Roger Admiral (piano), Talea Ensemble / James Baker (conductor). DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York, 18.8.2024. (DS)
An important nineteenth-century voice given his Salzburg due by Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic
Austria Salzburg Festival 2024 [11] – Smetana: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 26.8.2024. (MB)
Lyric Opera of Chicago opens the 2024–2025 season with a concert in Millenium Park
United States Various – ‘Sunday in the Park with Lyric’: Soloists, Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago / Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Chicago, 25.8.2024. (JLZ)
200 years since his birth, Bruckner’s brink-of-death symphony at the St Florian Brucknertage
Austria St Florianer Brucknertage – Bruckner: Altomonte Orchestra / Rémy Ballot (conductor). St Florian Monastery, Austria, 23 & 24.8.2024. (KW)
Confusing mix of styles in Maxim Emelyanchev’s approach to Mozart in Salzburg
Austria Salzburg Festival 2024 [9] – Mozart: Isabelle Unterer (oboe), Bernhard Mitmesser (clarinet), Álvaro Canales Albert (bassoon), Paul Pitzek (horn), Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanchev (fortepiano / conductor). Grosser Saal, Salzburg, 25.8.2024. (MB)
