Czech Republic Beethoven, Mozart, and R. Strauss: Israel Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta (conductor), Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 22.9.2014 (BJ)
International Concerts
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Superb Shostakovich from Sanderling and the Tonhalle
Switzerland Haydn, Hartmann, Kurtág, Shostakovich Tonhalle Orchestra, Michael Sanderling (conductor), Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Tonhalle Zurich 26.9.2014 (JR)
Photo: Marco Borggreve
To Meet Demand, Upshaw and Kalish Relocate to a Larger Hall
United States Ives, Schubert, Bartók, Ravel, Bolcom: Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Gilbert Kalish (piano), Corbett Auditorium, Cincinnati, Ohio. 23.9.2014 (RDA)
Exhilarating and Transparent Choral Symphony from BBC Philharmonic
United Kingdom Beethoven: John Daszak (tenor), Alastair Miles (baritone), Raquel Lojendio (soprano), Clara Mouriz (mezzo-soprano), CBSO Chorus, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Juanjo Mena (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, Saturday 29th September 2014 (MC)
Zelenka’s World
United States Zelenka, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi: Zelenka’s World: Gonzalo Ruiz (oboe), Kathryn Montoya (oboe, recorder), Dominic Teresi (bassoon), Rob Nairn (violone), Avi Stein (harpsichord), Charles Weaver (theorbo, Baroque guitar), Paul Hall, Juilliard School, Lincoln Center, New York, 23-9-2014 (SSM)
Quartet Takes an Extra (Jazz) Bass to Bartók
United States Bartók: Calder Quartet (Andrew Bulbrook, Benjamin Jacobson, violins; Jonathan Moerschel, viola; Eric Byers, cello), Christian McBride (string bass), SFJAZZ Center, San Francisco. 24.9.2013 (HS)
Muti Sculpts Breathtaking Beethoven Ninth
Beethoven: Camilla Nylund (soprano), Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo-soprano), Matthew Polenzani (tenor), Eric Owens, (bass-baritone), Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe (chorus director), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti (conductor). Orchestra Hall, Chicago. 18.9.2014 (DP)
Rozhdestvensky in Singapore
Singapore Liadov, Glazunov, Shostakovich: Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor), Viktoria Postnikova (piano), Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore 27.9.2014 (RP)