United States Rachmaninoff and Mahler/Cooke: Lang Lang (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 14.5.2016 (BJ)
This Week’s Review
Conlon Leads Powerful Concert Otello
United States Verdi, Otello: (concert performance): Soloists, Cincinnati May Festival, James Conlon (conductor), Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio, 22.5.2016 (RDA)
Ian Bostridge’s Return to the War Songs Leaves a Less Chilling Spell
Canada Mahler, Stephan, Butterworth, Weill, Britten: Ian Bostridge (tenor), Wenwen Du (piano), Vancouver Playhouse, 18.5.2016. (GN)
Birdsong and Beethoven in Dresden’s Grand Garden Palace
Germany Bernard Fort, Olivier Messiaen: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Palais im Grosser Garten, Dresden, 15.5.2016. (MC)
Beethoven, Kavakos Beethovenzyklus 1: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Enrico Pace (piano), Palais im Grosser Garten, Dresden, 16.5.2016. (MC)
Bernard Fort – 13 Preludes au Catalogue d’oiseaux
Olivier Messiaen – Catalogue d’oiseaux, books 1-7
Beethoven – Violin Sonatas: No. 2, Op 12/2; No. 3, Op. 12/3; No. 6, Op. 30/1; No. 7, Op. 30/2
John Lill Displays Undemonstrative Lyricism with Moscow State SO
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky: John Lill (piano), Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Pavel Kogan (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 22.5.2016 (SRT)
Pappano’s Mahler Sixth: A Fireball of Energy and Passion
United Kingdom Shostakovich and Mahler: Viktoria Mullova (violin), London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 19.5.2016 (CS)
Singing of Distinction from Kristine Opolais in Dresden
Germany Dresdner Musikfestspiele 2016 – Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov: Kristine Opolais (soprano), Concertgebouw Orchestra/Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 13.5.2016. (MC)
Daniel Hope’s Celebration of Yehudi Menuhin’s Centenary
United Kingdom Mozart, Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Pärt, El-Khoury, From Bach to El-Khoury: L’arte del mondo, Daniel Hope (violin/director) Birmingham Town Hall, 18.5.16 (GR)