United States Webern, Berg, Beethoven: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 8.5.2014 (SSM)
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Stellar Singers, Elder and the LSO in Sumptuous Strauss
United Kingdom Mozart and Richard Strauss: Anne Schwanewilms (soprano), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 8.5.2014 (CS)
Luminous Sibelius, Dark Sallinen and Dramatic Grieg
United States Sallinen, Grieg, Sibelius: Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Cleveland Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, 8.5.2014
Choreographic Opera Dido and Aeneas Makes Waves
Germany Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Vocalconsort Berlin, Christopher Moulds (conductor), Staatsoper im Schiller Theater, Berlin, 8.5.2014
Photo Sebastian Bolesch
The Moscow Virtuosi On Tour
Canada Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Piazzolla: Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, Vladimir Spivakov, conductor, Chan Centre, Vancouver, 6.5.2014 (GN)
Julia Lezhneva’s Star Remains Firmly in the Ascendant
United Kingdom Handel, Geminiani: Julia Lezhneva (soprano), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Anotonini (violin/director). Barbican Hall, London, 7.5.2014 (CC)
A Classic Returns to Cincinnati
United States Adams, Dett: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, James Conlon (conductor), May Festival Chorus, Robert Porco (director), Music Hall, Cincinnati, 7.5.2014
Mixed Reaction to Krivine’s Debut Concert with SCO
United Kingdom Schumann, Beethoven: Ruth Ziesak (soprano), Carolin Masur (mezzo), Dominik Masur (tenor), Konstantin Wolff (bass), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Emmanuel Krivine (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 08.05.2014 (SRT)