United Kingdom Britten, Billy Budd: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Garry Walker (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays, 10.11.2016. (RJF)
This Week’s Review
Opera North Does Full Justice to McVicar’s Production of Rosenkavalier
United Kingdom Richard Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Aleksandar Markovic (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 9.11.2016. (RJF)
The Impeccable Guiding Hand of François-Xavier Roth in Berlioz’s Grande messe des morts
United Kingdom Berlioz: Toby Spence (tenor), Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Choir, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra/François-Xavier Roth (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 13.11.2016. (AS)
Jerusalem Quartet Blends Lightness and Charm with Breadth and Intensity
United States Haydn, Prokofiev, Beethoven: Jerusalem Quartet (Alexander Pavlovsky & Sergei Bresler [violins], Ori Kam [viola], Kyril Zlotnikov [cello]), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 31.10.2016. (BJ)
A Somewhat Disappointing Revival of Le nozze di Figaro at the Liceu
Spain Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu/Josep Pons (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 10.11.2016. (JMI)
Anne-Sophie Mutter Disappoints in Beethoven
United Kingdom Beethoven, Dvořák: Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin); London Philharmonic Orchestra/Robin Ticciati (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London. 9.11.2016. (LB)
Egarr Contrasts Beethoven’s Pastoral with Music by his French Contemporary Méhul
United Kingdom Beethoven & Méhul: Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Richard Egarr (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 10.11.2016. (SRT)
Dynamism and Zest in Cummings’ B minor Mass
Switzerland J.S. Bach: Musikkollegium Winterthur, Laurence Cummings (conductor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Christina Daletska (mezzosoprano/alto), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Lisandro Abadie (bass), Ensemble Corund (chorus-master: Stephen Smith) Stadthaus, Winterthur 10.11.2016. (JR)