United States Salzburg Festival (8) – Boulez: Ensemble Intercontemporain, Andrew Gerzso/Gilbert Nouno (IRCAM electronic realisation), Matthias Pintscher (conductor). Lehrbauhof, Salzburg, 15.8.2015 (MB)
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The Virtuosity and Musicality of Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 44 – Schoenberg, Beethoven, and Tchaikovsky: Guy Braunstein (violin), Kian Soltani (cello), West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 18.8.2015 (MB)
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Outstanding Beethoven and Schoenberg from Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Austria Salzburg Festival (6) – Beethoven and Schoenberg: Guy Braunstein (violin), Kian Soltani (cello), West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (piano, conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 14.8.2015 (MB)
Only Half Joking
Italy Rossini Opera Festival (4) La Gazza Ladra. Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Communale Bologna, Chorus Master, Andrea Faidutti, Conductor, Donato Renzetti; Staging by Damiano Michieletto with sets by Paolo Fantin, Cotumes by Carla Teti and Lighting by Alessandro Carletti. Adriatic Arena, Pesaro. 16.8.2015 (JB)
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A Fitting Tribute to Stephen Sondheim at the Proms
United Kingdom Proms Chamber Music 5 Sondheim Siân Phillips (vocalist), Kitty Whately (mezzo-Soprano), Jamie Parker (vocalist), Anthony Brown (saxophone), Richard Sisson (piano), Petroc Trelawny (compère), Paul Foster (stage director), Cadogan Hall, London, 17.8.2015 (RB)
Ainhoa Arteta Shines as Tosca in San Sebastian
Puccini: Tosca, Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi, Coro Easo, Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez (conductor), Kursaal, San Sebastian, Spain, 13.8.2015 (JMI) Cast: Floria Tosca: Ainhoa Arteta Mario Cavaradossi: Teodor Ilincai Baron Scarpia: Roberto Frontali Angelotti: David Lagares Sacristán: Valeriano Lanchas Spoletta: Francisco Vas Sciarrone: Rubén Ramada Jailer: Juan Carlos Rey Shepherd: Luis Larrañaga Production: Barcelona’s … Read more
Mozart’s Requiem Fails to Come Alight
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (12) – Mozart: Miah Persson (sop), Barbara Kozelj (mezzo), Jeremy Ovendon (tenor), Konstantin Wolff (bass), Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer (conductor), Usher Hall, 18.8.2015. (SRT)
Sarah Connolly Excels in Viennese and French Repertoire
Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (11) – Schoenberg, Zemlinsky, Eisler, Debussy, Poulenc, Strauss & Korngold: Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 17.08.2015 (SRT)