Germany Brahms and Schubert: Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), West-Eastern Divan Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Waldbühne Berlin, 9.8.2024. (MB)
Barenboim, Mutter and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra offer light and hope in Berlin
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Berlin celebrates the music of Hans Winterberg
Germany Winterberg & Winterberg – An encounter of music and literature: Jaroslav Rudiš (reader). Adamello Quartet (Clemens Linder, Byol Kang [violins], Susanne Linder [viola], Adele Bitter [cello]) with Holder Groschopp (piano). Schwartzsche Villa, Grünewaldstrasse, Berlin, 12.7.2024. (CC)
A deeply disappointing Tristan und Isolde at the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Germany Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus (director: Thomas Richter) and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Juraj Valčuha (conductor). Deutsche Oper Berlin, 3.7.2024. (MB)
Incoherent Deutsche Oper Berlin Don Giovanni only partially redeemed by good singing
Germany Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Movement Choir, Chorus (chorus director: Thomas Richter), and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper / Daniel Cohen (conductor). Deutsche Oper Berlin, 26.6.2024. (MB)
Alan Gilbert leads a superb account of Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher
Germany Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher: Soloists, Vokalhelden Children’s Choir (directors: Johannes David Wolff, Judith Kamphues), MDR Radio Chorus (director: Philipp Ahmann), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Alan Gilbert (conductor). Philharmonie Berlin, 8.6.2024. (MB)
Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina in Berlin was quite simply, outstanding in every way
Germany Mussorgsky, Khovanshchina: Soloists, Staatsoper Children’s Chorus (director: Vinzenz Weissenburger), Staatsopernchor Berlin (director: Dani Juris), Staatskapelle Berlin / Simone Young (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 2.6.2024. (MB)
With Götterdämmerung, the Deutsche Oper Berlin’s distinguished Ring reaches its conclusion
Germany Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Chorus and Additional Chorus of the Deutsche Oper, Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Nicholas Carter (conductor). Deutsche Oper Berlin, 20.5.2024. (MB)
A compelling new work and revelatory Bruckner from François-Xavier Roth and the BPO
Germany Žuraj, Bruckner: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / François-Xavier Roth (conductor). Philharmonie Berlin, 19.5.2024. (MB)
