United States Liszt, Ravel, Chopin, Stravinsky: Khatia Buniatishvili (piano). Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 7.4.2014. (DA)
David Allen
Anxiety, Doubt and Terror in Honeck’s Bruckner
Hackneyed Pairing Interrupted by Meteorological Delight
United States Mozart, Staud, Bruckner: Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, 26.2.14 (DA)
Jonas Kaufmann: Celebrity Matched by Talent
United States Schumann, Wagner, Liszt: Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano), Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, New York, 20.2.14 (DA)
Linking Strauss and Beethoven: Technique No Substitute for Meaning
United States R. Strauss, Shostakovich, Beethoven: Johannes Moser (cello), The Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City. 21.2.2014 (DA)
Finley and Drake in a Restrained, Mature Winterreise
United States Schubert: Gerald Finley (baritone), Julius Drake (piano), Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 13.2.14 (DA)
Rank Commercialism Yields to Honeck’s Brilliance
United States Dvořák: Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), New York Philharmonic, Manfred Honeck (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New York, 10.12.13 (DA)
Incisive Scottish and a Triumph for Goode
United States Adès, Mozart, Mendelssohn: Richard Goode (piano), New York Philharmonic, David Zinman (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New York, 5.12.13 (DA)