United Kingdom Vaughan Williams, Stephen Hough, Liszt, Butterworth: Jacques Imbrailo (baritone), Alisdair Hogarth (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 30. 11.2013 (RB)
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Falla’s Atlánlida Brilliant Orchestration, But No Masterpiece
Falla: Atlántida, Liceu’s Orchestra and Chorus, Josep Pons (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 28.11.2013. (JMI) Concert Version Cast: Narrator: Ángel Ódena Queen Isabel: Ofelia Sala Pirene: Gemma Coma-Alabert A Court’s Dame: Ana Tobella Gerion Tricephalous: David Alegret, Francisco Vas, Alex Sanmartí Pleiads: María Miró, Elena Copons, Mireia Pintó, Ana Alás i Jové, Inés Moraleda, … Read more
Spectacular Production of Handel’s Agrippina
Handel: Agrippina, Liceu’s orchestra, Harry Bicket (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 18.11.2013 (JMI)
Superb Schubertiade from the Gould Piano Trio
United Kingdom Schubert: Gould Piano Trio: Lucy Gould (violin), Alice Neary (cello), Benjamin Frith (piano) Great Hall, Dartington, 29.11.2013 (PRB)
Alsop Finds Warmth—and Loneliness—in Copland’s Third
United States Barber, Schumann, Copland: David Fray (piano), Cleveland Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor) Severance Hall, Cleveland, 29.11.2013 (MSJ)
A Touch of the Proms for Northwest Sinfonietta’s Britten Celebration
United States Purcell, Britten, and Elgar: Christopher Cock (tenor), Ryan Stewart (horn), Northwest Sinfonietta, Christophe Chagnard (conductor), Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle 15.11.2013 (BJ)
Bychkov Leads an Unforgettable War Requiem
United States Britten, War Requiem: Christine Brewer (soprano), James Gilchrist (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), San Francisco Symphony, Pacific Boychoir, Kevin Fox (director), San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Ragnar Bohlin (director), Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 27.11.2013 (HS)
Christina Ortiz Surprisingly Disappointing in Chopin
United Kingdom Chopin: Christina Ortiz (piano) Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 27.11.2013 (CC)