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This Week’s Review

The Jerusalem Quartet Achieve Sheer Perfection in French Music

28/06/201620/06/2016 by Alan Sanders

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Janáček, Bartók and Ravel: Jerusalem Quartet, Wigmore Hall, London, 18.6.2016 (AS)

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Two Joyous Works Make Perfect Zurich Festival Fare

28/06/201620/06/2016 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dvorak, Mahler: Tonhalle Orchestra, Lionel Bringuier (conductor), Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Tonhalle, Zurich 17.6.16 (JR)

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An Excellent Concert Version of Don Giovanni Played on Period Instruments

28/06/201620/06/2016 by Robert Beattie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Don Giovanni:  Soloists, Orchestra of Classical Opera, Philharmonia Chorus, Ian Page (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 17.06.2016. (RB)

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Royal Philharmonic Perform The Planets with Images

28/06/201620/06/2016 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Holst, Bach, Strauss J, Strauss R, Beethoven, The Planets – An HD Odyssey: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Ziegler (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 19.6.2016 (SRT)

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An Outstanding Cast Triumphs in Berlin’s Tristan und Isolde

23/06/201619/06/2016 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus, Donald Runnicles (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 18.6.2016 (JMI)

Tristan und Isolde © Bettina Stöss
Tristan und Isolde © Bettina Stöss

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Søndergård’s Mahler I Brings BBC NOW’s Season to a Resounding Conclusion

23/06/201619/06/2016 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mahler, Szymanowski, Lunn:  Nicola Benedetti (violin), Nadine Koutcher (soprano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales cond. Thomas Søndergård. St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 17.6.2016 (PCG)

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A Heartfelt World of Street Dance Embodied in Compagnie Käfig

23/06/201619/06/2016 by Jane Rosenberg

United StatesUnited States Various composers, Compagnie Käfig: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 17.6.16. (JRo)

Photo credit: Michel Cavalca
Photo credit: Michel Cavalca

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A Baffling and Disappointing ‘Update’ of Mozart’s Seraglio

23/06/201619/06/2016 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Deutsche Oper Orchestra and Chorus, Donald Runnicles (conductor), Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 17.6.2016. (JMI)

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Die Entführung aus dem Serail © Thomas Aurin

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