Irving Berlin, White Christmas: Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 3.12.2013. (SRT)
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Must-see Salome in Stockholm
Sweden Richard Strauss Salome: Soloists, The Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra / Lawrence Renes (conductor). The Royal Opera House, Stockholm, 30.11.2013. Premiere (GF)
When is a cliché not a cliché?
Italy Verdi, Ernani: Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro dell’Opera, Rome. Conductor: Riccardo Muti, (Chorus Master: Roberto Gabbiani). Rome, 1.12.2013. (JB)
Haitink, the Latter-Day Hans Sachs: Masterly in Brahms
Netherlands Brahms: Renaud Capuçon (violin), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Bernard Haitink (conductor). Grote Zaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 27.11.2013 (MB)
Mellow, Burnished Tone from Vengerov
United Kingdom Franck, Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky: Maxim Vengerov (violin), Marios Papadopoulos (piano). Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 1.12.2013 (CR)
Galvanizing Choral Conclusion to Oxford’s Beethoven Festival
United Kingdom Beethoven: Julia Kogan (soprano), Diana Moore (mezzo soprano), James Edwards (tenor), Darren Jeffery (baritone), Beethoven Festival Chorus, Oxford Philomusica / Marios Papadopoulos (conductor), Beethoven Festival, Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 30.11.2013 (CR)
Tension and Contrast in Oxford Philomusica’s Beethoven Festival
United Kingdom Beethoven: Oxford Philomusica / Marios Papadopoulos (pianist and conductor), Beethoven Festival, Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 16.11.2013. (CR)
Deeply Musical Brahms Once Again from Haitink and the COE
Netherlands Brahms: Janine Jansen (violin), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Bernard Haitink (conductor). Grote Zaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 29.11.2013 (MB)