United States Ravel, Dutilleux, Vaughan-Williams: David Hardy (cello), Matthew Halls (conductor), National Symphony Orchestra, Concert Hall, Kennedy Center, Washington DC, 13.6.2013 (RRR)
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A Worthy “Resurrection” Signals a Departure
United States Mahler: Kristen Vogel Lindenmuth (soprano), Sarah Mattox (mezzo-soprano), University Symphony, University Chorale (Giselle Wyers, director), UW Chamber Singers (Geoffrey Boers, director), Jonathan Pasternack (conductor), Meany Hall, Seattle, 7.6.2013 (BJ)
La Fanciulla del West : First Rate Production By Christof Loy
Germany Puccini: La Fanciulla del West, Frankfurter Opern und Museumsorchester, Male Chorus Oper Frankfurt, Sebastian Weigle (conductor), Opernhaus Frankfurt, 9.6.2013 (JMI)
Rhythmic Vitality and Artistic Licence in Garsington’s Entführung
United Kingdom Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Garsington Opera/William Lacey (conductor), Wormsley, 9.6.2013 (RJF)
Garsington Gives Rossini’s Maometto II its British Premiere
United Kingdom Rossini, Maometto II: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Garsington Opera / David Parry (conductor). Wormsley. (RJF)
Two Disparate Operas: Nothing in Common But Quality
Germany Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle: Frankfurter Opern und Museumsorchester, Chor der Oper Frankfurt, Steven Sloane (conductor), Opernhaus Frankfurt, 8.6.2013 (JMI)
Intriguing Links in Michael Tilson Thomas’s LSO Programme
United Kingdom Copland, Shostakovich, Britten: Yo-Yo Ma (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor). 9.6.2013, Barbican Hall, London (CC)
Sergey Malov Plays Bach on Thirteen Strings
New Zealand J. S. Bach: Sergey Malov (violin, viola, violoncello da spalla); The Old Library Arts Centre, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand, 28.05.2013 [Pse]