United States Liszt Inspections: Marino Formenti (piano), Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, Lincoln Center, New York City, 4.6.14 (DA)
Photo (c) Gyula Fodor
A Pianist Exploring Liszt Asks, “Who is Inspecting Whom?”
Photo (c) Gyula Fodor
David Allen
Photo (c) Gyula Fodor
Mischief and Utter Transcendence from the Mind of Iván Fischer
United States Dvořák: Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 2.6.14 (DA)
Boulez, Benjamin and Disciples in NY Philharmonic Biennial
United States Circles of Influence: Pierre Boulez and George Benjamin: Elizabeth Mann (flute), Margaret Kampmeier (piano), Abigail Fischer (mezzo-soprano), Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor), Rose Theater, New York City, 31.5.14 and 1.6.14 (DA)
Gruber at His Perplexing, Tedious Best
HK Gruber, Gloria–A Pig Tale: Soloists, AXIOM, Alan Gilbert (conductor), Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 30.5.2014. (DA)
Backwards to Brahms in Time and Space
United States Zoll, Hindemith, Brahms: Joshua Bell (violin), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano (conductor), Symphony Hall, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, 29.5.14 (DA)
Boesch in Winterreise: Mad or Guilty?
United States Schubert: Florian Boesch (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 9.5.14 (DA)
With Piano Rarities, Hough Examines Romanticism
United States Schoenberg, Strauss, Wagner, Bruckner, Brahms, Liszt: Stephen Hough (piano), Alice Tully Hall, New York City, 13.4.14 (DA)
In Brahms, a Welcome Change from Showy-But-Vapid
United States Brahms, Schumann: Paul Lewis (piano), New York Philharmonic, Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 12.4.14 (DA)