Austria Bruckner and Messiaen: Ruth Ziesak (soprano), Janina Baechle (mezzo-soprano), Benjamin Bruns (tenor), Günther Groissböck (baritone), Wiener Singakademie, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cornelius Meister (conductor). Konzerthaus, Vienna, 23.6.2015 (MB)
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Impetuosity and Obvious Joy in the Razumovsky Ensemble’s Brahms
United Kingdom Beethoven, Ravel, Brahms: Razumovsky Ensemble (Kolja Blacher & Alexander Sitkovetsky [violin], Robert Smissen & Andriy Viytovych [viola], Oleg Kogan &Alexander Chaushian [cello]), Wigmore Hall London, 30.6.2015 (CS)
Knussen Conducts Music Inspired by the Orient at Aldeburgh
United Kingdom Colin McPhee, Gunter Schuller & Britten: Britten–Pears Orchestra / Oliver Knussen (conductor) Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh, 28.6.2015 (CS)
The Three Choirs Festival: Recollections of a Chorus Member
United Kingdom The Three Choirs Festival: Recollections of a Chorus Member
Handel’s ‘Dettingen’ Te Deum: A Thrilling End to the Spitalfields Festival
United Kingdom Spitalfields Festival – Haydn, J.C. Bach, Mozart, and Handel: Ashley Riches (baritone), Polyphony, City of London Sinfonia, Stephen Layton (conductor). St Leonard’s Church, Shoreditch, London, 16.6.2015 (MB)
Revolution in the Air on an Idyllic Day at Gregynog Hall
United Kingdom Mozart, Beethoven: Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano), The Music Room, Gregynog Hall, Newtown, 22.6.2015 (GP)
A Unique and Compelling L’Orfeo in Karlstad
Sweden Claudio Monteverdi: L’Orfeo Soloists, Wermland Opera Orchestra, Hans Ek (conductor), Wermland Opera main stage, Karlstad, 27.6.2015 (NS)