In San Francisco, a Barber Symphony Wins the Evening’s Prize
26/04/2019
Wagner, Beethoven, Mozart, Barber: Hélène Grimaud (piano), San Francisco Symphony / James Gaffigan (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 25.4.2019. (HS)
Hélène Grimaud (c) Mat Hennek
Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater Set in a Fascinating Context
26/04/2019
Holy Week at Versailles II: Sophie Junker (soprano); Eva Zaïcik (mezzo) with Serge Goubioud, Hugues Primard (tenors), Emmanuel Vistorky (baritone), La Poème Harmonique / Vincent Dumestre (conductor), Chapelle Royale, Versailles, 19.4.2019. (CC)
Vincent Dumestre © François Berthier
Jordi Savall Makes Bach’s Matthäus-Passion a Profound Meditation
26/04/2019
Holy Week at Versailles I – Bach, Matthäus-Passion BWV 244: La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall (conductor), Chapelle Royale, Versailles 17.4.2019. (CC)
Jordi Savall © David Ignaszewski
Simone Young’s San Francisco Debut
22/04/2019
Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov: Louis Lortie (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Simone Young (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 19.4.2019. (HS)
Louis Lortie © Elias Photography
Recomposing Mozart: a Successful New Requiem Given in Zurich’s Tonhalle
20/04/2019
Beethoven, Mozart: Soloists, Gemischter Chor Zürich, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich / Joachim Krause (conductor). Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 18.4.2019. (CCr)
Pierre-Henri Dutron © Jean-Baptiste Millot
Fischer and Budapesters Combine Bartók, Pedagogy and Virtuosity
19/04/2019
Bartók: István Kádár (violin), András Szabó (viola), Zsolt Fejérvári (bass), Márta Sebestyén (vocalist), Ildikó Komlósi (mezzo-soprano), Krisztián Cser (bass), Cantemus Choir (conductor: Dénes Szabó), Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City. 5-6.4.2019. (BH)
Ivan Fischer (c) Marco Borggreve
In Canton, Two Warhorses Reach Transcendence
19/04/2019
Brahms, Rachmaninoff: Jennifer Frautschi (violin), Canton Symphony Orchestra / Gerhardt Zimmermann (conductor), Umstattd Hall, Canton, Ohio, 13.4.2019. (TW)
Jennifer Frautschi (c) Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
Youthful Passions And Enigmas in Wellington
19/04/2019
Brahms, Strauss, Elgar: Joyce Yang (piano) with New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Edo de Waart (conductor). Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, 13.4.201.9 (PM)
Joyce Yang (c) KT Kim
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