Germany Schubert and Tchaikovsky: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 24.5.2017. (MB)
Mark Berry
A Compelling Modernist Realisation of L’incoronazione di Poppea
Germany Monteverdi (arr. Kats-Chernin) – L’incoronazione di Poppea: Soloists, Orchestra of the Komische Oper, Berlin / Matthew Toogood (conductor). Komische Oper, Berlin, 19.5.2017. (MB)
Weber Put in the Shade by Schoenberg and Bartók
Germany Schoenberg, Weber, and Bartók: Carolin Widmann (violin), Jörg Widmann (clarinet), Denis Kozhukhin (piano). Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, 5.5.2017. (MB)
An Operatic Treatment of the Life of a Judge Murdered by the Mafia
Germany Nicola Sani – Falcone: Il tempo sospeso del volo: Soloists, Members of the Staatskapelle Berlin and the Orchestral Academy of the Staatskapelle Berlin / David Robert Coleman (conductor). Schillertheater: Werkstatt, Berlin, 4.5.2017. (MB)
A Magnificent Mozart Triptych from Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Germany Mozart: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, 30.4.2017. (MB)
In Leipzig Haydn Works His Magic Yet Again
Germany Haydn: Christina Landshamer (soprano), Daniel Behle (tenor), Michael Nagy (baritone), Gewandhaus Choir, Dresden Chamber Choir (chorus master: Edward Caswell), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Trevor Pinnock (conductor). Grosser Saal, Leipzig Gewandhaus, 28.4.2017. (MB)
Despite Distinguished Singing Jürgen Flimm’s Figaro is Deeply Disappointing
Germany Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus master: Frank Flade), Staatskapelle Berlin / Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor). Schillertheater, Berlin, 25.4.2017. (MB)
Sheer Delight! Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin Begin Their Schubert Cycle
Germany Schubert: Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, 22.4.2017. (MB)