United Kingdom Tanaka, Schulhoff, Shostakovich, Brubeck, Crumb: Brodsky Quartet (Daniel Rowland & Ian Belton [violins], Paul Cassidy [viola], Jacqueline Thomas [cello]), Kings Place, London, 18.11.2018. (CS)
The Brodsky Quartet: In Time Of War
This Week’s Review
A Splendid Revival of a Rarely Seen de Nebra Opera
Spain de Nebra, Venus y Adonis (concert version): Los Músicos de su Alteza / Luis Antonio González (conductor), Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid, 18.11.2018. (JMI)
Puts and Campbell Dramatize the Christmas Truce of 1914
United States Kevin Puts, Silent Night: Soloists, Washington National Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Nicole Paiement (conductor), Washington National Opera, The Kennedy Center, Washington D.C., 17.11.2018. (RRR)
Recalling Audrey Hepburn in a Moving Tribute to Anne Frank
United States Tilson Thomas, Beethoven: Isabel Leonard (narrator), San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 15.11.2018. (HS)
(c) Brandon Patoc/San Francisco Symphony
Monteverdi Vespers in Llandaff Cathedral
United Kingdom Monteverdi: Charlotte Bowden, Jessica Cale (sopranos), Ruari Bowen, Tom Kelly, James Robinson (tenors), Dan D’Souza, William Stevens (baritones), Cardiff Polyphonic Choir, Réjouissance, His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts, David Miller, Matthew Nisbet, Eligio Luis Quinteiro (cittarone, theorbo), Andrew Wilson-Dickson (continuo) / David Young (conductor). Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff, 17.11.2018. (PCG)
LA Opera’s Hansel and Gretel – a Holiday Treat to Savor
United States Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / James Conlon (conductor), Members of Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 17.11.2018. (JRo)
© Cory Weaver
Inspiration and daring from Hrůša and Cleveland Orchestra
United States Kabelač, Stravinsky, Shostakovich: Emmanuel Ax (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Jakub Hrůša (conductor). Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 15.11.2018. (MSJ)
Patricia Racette Is Superb in the Liceu’s Kátya Kabanová
Spain Janáček, Kátya Kabanová: Liceu Orchestra / Josep Pons (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 15.11.2018. (JMI)
