United States Schubert: Matthias Goerne (baritone), Christoph Eschenbach (piano), Carnegie Hall, New York City. 5.3.2014 (DS)
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Elspeth Brooke, The Commission and Francisco Coll, Café Kafka Premier at ROH
United Kingdom Elspeth Brooke, The Commission, and Francisco Coll, Café Kafka (London premieres): Soloists, CHROMA / Richard Baker (conductor). Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 17.3.2014 (MB)
Photo (c) Stephen Cummiskey
Young German Maestro Excels with a Czech Connection
United States Dvořák, Bartók, and Mozart: James Ehnes (violin), Seattle Symphony, André de Ridder (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 13.3.2014 (BJ)
Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony’s Mahler: the Best Saved Till Last
United Kingdom Mahler: Sasha Cooke (mezzo soprano), Ladies of the London Symphony Chorus, Choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 16.3.2014. (JPr)
Flying Dutchman Revival Continues to Impress
Switzerland Wagner: The Flying Dutchman, Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, conductor: Constantin Trinks, Zurich Opera, Zurich. 14.3.14 (JR)
Refined Playing Keeps Werther’s Emotions in Check Until Climax
United States Massenet, Werther (new production by Sir Richard Eyre and directed for live cinema by Gary Halvorson): soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, conducted by Alain Altinoglu. Broadcast to the Odeon Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex, 15.3.2014. (JPr)
(c) Ken Howard
Subtlety Suffocated by Bombast in Kempf’s Recital
United Kingdom Beethoven, Schumann, Mussorgsky: Freddy Kempf (piano), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 16.1.2014 (LJ)
Mintz Gives Measured Account of Mendelssohn and Brahms
United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Brahms: Oxford Philomusica / Shlomo Mintz (violinist and conductor), Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 13.3.2014 (CR)