United States Various: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Seattle Symphony Orchestra / Dalia Stasevska (conductor). Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 3.3.2022. (ZC)
Dalia Stasevska leading the Seattle Symphony makes an impressive statement in Dvořák and Bartók
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Rolando Villazón is in fine voice as he celebrates his 50th with friends at Salzburg’s Haus für Mozart
Austria ¡Cincuentañero! Rolando Villazón turns 50: Rolando Villazón, Charles Castronovo (tenors), Plácido Domingo (tenor/baritone), Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Regula Mühlemann, Fatma Said (sopranos) and Michael Volle (baritone), Barbara Rett (host), Camarata Salzburg / Giedrė Šlekytė (conductor). Recorded live (directed by Beatrix Conrad) in the Haus für Mozart, Salzburg, 21.2.2022. (JPr)
Liszt, Scriabin and a Fang Man world premiere deliver a feast of maximalist music
United States Various: Wu Wei (sheng), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 3.3.2022. (HS)
Overshadowed by world events, Yekaterinburg’s Bach Fest opens with stirring performances
United Kingdom Bach, Poulenc, Saint-Saëns: Taras Baginets (organ), Konstantin Tyulkin, Platon Gazeliridi (pianists), Yekaterinburg Philharmonic Choir, Urals Youth Symphony Orchestra / Aleksey Dorkin (conductor). Streamed live on Digital Concert Hall from Sverdlovsk Philharmonic Hall, 1.3.2022. (GT)
Gergiev out and Yannick Nézet-Séguin in for the Vienna Philharmonic’s Carnegie Hall concerts
United States Various: Seong-Jin Cho (piano), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 25 & 26.2.2022. (RP)
Bruckner and Schoenberg in a potent pairing in Cleveland
United States Schoenberg and Bruckner: Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 24.2.2022. (MSJ)
The George London Foundation awards top prizes to five exceptional aspiring opera singers
United States George London Foundation Awards Competition Finals: Soloists, Susanna Phillips (host), Michael Fennelly (piano). The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 25.2.2022. (RP)
Beethoven’s ‘Creatures’ from Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony is strange but tuneful
United States Beethoven: Keith David (narrator), Hillary Leben (animator), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 24.2.2022. (HS)
