Magnificent account of the ‘Resurrection’ Symphony by Jakub Hrůša and the Philharmonia
22/02/2020
United Kingdom Mahler: Camilla Tilling (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano), Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra / Jakub Hrůša (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 20.2.2020. (CC)
Jakub Hrůša
Gardiner and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique celebrate Beethoven at Carnegie Hall
21/02/2020
United States ORR Beethoven Cycle [1]: Lucy Crowe (soprano), Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique / Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 19.2.2020. (RP)
Lucy Crowe (soprano), ORR, & Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) © Chris Lee
Authentic but ambivalent Beethoven from Faust, Queyras and Melnikov in Vancouver
21/02/2020
Canada Beethoven: Isabelle Faust (violin), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano). Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 9.2.2020. (GN)
Faust Queyras Melnikov Trio © Josep Molina
Optimism conquers despair: Rattle and LSO thrill with Berg and Beethoven
21/02/2020
United Kingdom Berg and Beethoven: Iwona Sobotka (soprano) Anna Stéphany (mezzo-soprano), Robert Murray (tenor), Florian Boesch (baritone), London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra /Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Barbican Hall, London. 16.2.2020. (CSa)
Soloists, London Symphony Chorus, LSO & Simon Rattle (conductor)
(c) Candice Witton
Revelatory exploration of the Golden Age of Portuguese polyphony by Cupertinos
21/02/2020
United Kingdom Ductus est Jesus: Cupertinos / Luís Toscano (director). Cadogan Hall, London, 18.2.2020. (CC)
Cupertinos (c) Fundação Cupertino Miranda
John Storgårds leads a fine account of Schumann’s Scenes from Goethe’s Faust in Berlin
19/02/2020
Germany Schumann, Szenen aus Goethes Faust, WoO3: Soloists, RIAS Chamber Choir (chorus director: Gregor Meyer), Children’s Choir of the Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Gymnasium, Berlin (chorus directors: Jan Olberg and Vera Zweiniger). Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / John Storgårds (conductor), Philharmonie, Berlin, 16.2.2020. (MB) Read more
In her Philadelphia Orchestra debut, Canellakis matches Ax in artistry
19/02/2020
United States Di Castri, Beethoven, Lutosławski: Emanuel Ax (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra / Karina Canellakis (conductor). Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 8.2.2020. (BJ)
Karina Canellakis
In Akron, a lively Valentine from Apollo’s Fire
18/02/2020
United States Vivaldi, Porpora, Fontana, Strozzi, Monteverdi: Erica Schuller (soprano), Brian Giebler (tenor); Olivier Brault, Alan Choo, Adriane Post, Carrie Krause (violin solos), Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor). First United Methodist Church, Akron, Ohio, 13.2.2020. (MSJ)
Erica Schuller
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In its own way, the Seven Words of Christ is just as sublime as the Stabat Mater.
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