United States Strauss, Capriccio: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago / Sir Andrew Davis, (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago. 12.10.2014 (JLZ)
A Capriccio That Nods to Other Strauss Operas
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Maurizio Pollini Wanes but Does it Matter?
United States Schumann, Chopin: Maurizio Pollini (piano), Carnegie Hall, New York, 19.10.2014 (SSM)
Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass Crowns an Evening of Welcome Rarities
United States Sibelius, Dvořák, and Janáček: Tatiana Monogarova (soprano), Kelley O’Connor (mezzo-soprano), Anthony Dean Griffey (tenor), John Relyea (bass), Michael Stairs (organ), The Philadelphia Singers Chorale (David Hayes, music director), Philadelphia Orchestra, Alan Gilbert (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 18.10.2014 (BJ)
Freedom and Joyous Accuracy from the Belcea Quartet
United States Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert: Belcea Quartet, Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 17.10.2014 (BJ)
Friedrich Cerhas Onkel Präsident: Marx Brothers Antics with Music of the Second Viennese School
Austria Friedrich Cerha: Onkel Präsident. Soloists, Alfred Eschwé (conductor), Volksoper orchestra & ensemble. Volksoper, Vienna. 14.10.2014 (SS)
Missed Opportunities in LSO Concert
United Kingdom Ravel, Bartok, Tchaikovsky: Janine Jansen (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pappano (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 16.10.2014. (GD)
Good Sense of Narrative in Prégardien’s Schöne Müllerin
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – The Schubert Project. Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Roger Vignoles (piano): St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford 19.10.2014
Stunning Schéhérazade by Altinoglu and the Tonhalle
Switzerland Rimsky-Korsakov Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Alain Altinoglu (conductor) Tonhalle, Zurich, 16-10-2914 (JR)
Photo (Fred Toulet)