United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2016 (9) – Mussorgsky, Mozart, Tchaikovsky: Paul Lewis (piano), Russian National Orchestra, Kirill Karabits (conductor), Usher Hall, 20.8.2016. (SRT)
Festivals
A Perfect Bruckner Eight from Haitink and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Switzerland Lucerne Festival 1 – Bruckner: Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum (KKL), Lucerne, 19.8.2016. (JR)
Rich, Refined Sound from Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2016 (8) – Beethoven, Mahler: Danil Trifonov (piano), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Harding (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 19.8.2016. (SRT)
Openness and Transparency in Ticciati’s Reinvenion of Berlioz
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2016 (7) – Berlioz, Roméo et Juliette: Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Robin Ticciati (conductor), Usher Hall, 18.8.2016. (SRT)
Ottensamer and Kelemen Quartet Treat Edinburgh to Mozart and Brahms
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2016 (6) – Mozart, Brahms: Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Kelemen Quartet, Queen’s Hall, 16.8.2016. (SRT)
Bartók at His Most Majestic, Sleekness and Subtlety from the Pacifica, and a Rocky Outing for Bell
United States Aspen Music Festival (13) – Barber, Bartók, Beethoven, Ligeti, Ran, Schubert, Vivaldi: Soloists, Joshua Bell and David Robertson (conductors). Aspen, Colorado. 14-16.8.2015. (HS)
The Bach Suites Receive an Impressive Facelift from Monica Huggett and Gonzalo Ruiz
Canada Vancouver Bach Festival 2016 – Bach: Monica Huggett (violin and director), Gonzalo Ruiz (oboe), Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver, 12.8.2016. (GN)
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Hartmut Haenchen Conducts Fresh, Lucid Parsifal set against Background of Conflict
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2016 [3] – Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival. / Hartmut Haenchen (conductor). Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 15.8.2016. (JPr)
