C. M. von Weber, Oberon: Soloists, Orchestre National du Capitole, Choeur du Capitole. Conductor: Rani Calderon. Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse. 24.4.2011 (JMI)
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An Outstanding Traversal Of ‘The Art of Fugue’
Bach, The Art of Fugue: Konstantin Lifschitz (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 28.4.2011 (MB)
Sondheim’s ‘Company’ in New York
Stephen Sondheim, “Company” : Paul Gemignani (conductor), Lonny Price (director), Josh Rhodes (choreographer), New York Philharmonic, Avery Fisher Hall, New York, 8.4.2011 (BH)
Leipzig Opera’s Parsifal on Good Friday
Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Chorus, Children’s Chorus, and Supplementary Chorus of the Leipzig Opera, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Ulf Schirmer (conductor). Leipzig Opera House, 22.4.2011 (MB)
Bach’s St John Passion in Leipzig
Bach, St John Passion (1749 version): Sibylla Rubens (soprano),Marie-Claude Chappuis (contralto), Johannes Chum (Evangelist and tenor arias), Stephan Loges (Christ), Hans-Christoph Begemann (bass arias), Choir of St Thomas’s, Leipzig, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Gotthold Schwarz (conductor). St Thomas’s Church, Leipzig, 21.4.2011 (MB)
More Mozart Unwrapped: Mozart and the Clarinet
Mozart Unwrapped: Mozart and the Clarinet. The Academy of St Martin in the Fields Martin Fröst (clarinet), Kenneth Sillito (director). King’s Place, London.13.4.2011 (KC)
Abbado and Argerich play Debussy and Ravel for President Giorgio Napolitano
Debussy, Ravel: Orchestra Mozart and Mahler Chamber Orchestra with the Estonian Philharmonic Choir, Claudio Abbado (conductor), Martha Argerich (piano), Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome, 21.4.2011. (JB)
Met Opera Live’s HD Capriccio in London
Met Opera Live – Strauss, Capriccio: Metropolitan Opera’s HD transmission live to the Barbican Cinema, London. 23.4.2011 (MMB)