United Kingdom Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English Touring Opera / John Andrews (conductor), Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 14.4.2016. (RJ)
ETO Take Their Atmospheric Don Giovanni Around the Country
This Week’s Review
Ohlsson and the Takács in a Transcendent Elgar Piano Quintet
United States Beethoven, Webern and Elgar: Takács Quartet, Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 13.4.2016 (BJ)
A Living Fusion of Chopin and Scriabin from Dina Yoffe
Canada Chopin, Scriabin: Dina Yoffe (piano), Vancouver Playhouse, 8.4.2016 (GN)
Technocratic Pelléas Shuns the Magic
Sweden Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera, Franck Ollu (conductor). Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm. 10.4.2016 (GF)
Left to right: Anders Lorentzson (Arkel), Kerstin Avemo (Mélisande), Fredrik Zetterström (Golaud)
Impressive Music-Making Outside the Top-Orchestra Circuit
United States Grieg, Schumann, Mendelssohn and Beethoven: James Rester, Kenneth Bell, John DeVivo, and Albert Houde (horns), Reading Symphony Orchestra, members of the Reading Symphony Youth Orchestra*, Andrew Constantine (conductor), Santander Performing Arts Center, Reading, Pennsylvania. 2.4.2016 (BJ)
Expert Performance of Mass in B Minor from Bach Collegium Japan
United Kingdom J.S. Bach: Rachel Nicholls, Joanne Lunn (sopranos), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Colin Blaze (tenor), Dominik Wörner (bass-baritone), Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 9.04.2016. (GD)
Renée Fleming and Oxford Philharmonic Leave the Best Until Last
United Kingdom Wagner, Richard Strauss: Renée Fleming (soprano), Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra / Marios Papadopoulos (conductor), Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 8.4.2016. (CR)
The Padmore/Lewis Partnership Triumph Again with Schwanengesang
United Kingdom Schubert: Schwanengesang: Mark Padmore (tenor) and Paul Lewis (piano). Town Hall, Birmingham, 4.4.2016. (GR)