United Kingdom Shostakovich, Ravel: Viktoria Mullova (violin), Hallé, Hallé Choir/Sir Mark Elder, (conductor) Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, Thursday 9.10.2014 (MC)
Michael Cookson
Exhilarating and Transparent Choral Symphony from BBC Philharmonic
United Kingdom Beethoven: John Daszak (tenor), Alastair Miles (baritone), Raquel Lojendio (soprano), Clara Mouriz (mezzo-soprano), CBSO Chorus, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Juanjo Mena (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, Saturday 29th September 2014 (MC)
Berlin Experiences Best of All Worlds in Bernstein Operetta
Germany Leonard Bernstein, Candide (comic operetta in 2 acts): Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Berlin/Wayne Marshall (conductor), Schiller Theater, Berlin, Sunday 21st September 2014 (MC)
Audience Cheers as Fischer and Berlin’s Konzerthausorchester Raise the Roof
Germany Berlin Musikfest 2014 – J. S. Bach, György Ligeti, Gustav Mahler: Vocalconsort Berlin, Konzerthausorchester Berlin / Iván Fischer (conductor), Philharmonie, Berlin 21.9.14 (MC)
London Symphony Orchestra Gives Good Account of Itself in Berlin
Germany Berlin Musikfest 2014 – Mendelssohn, Schumann, Radovan Vlatković, Timothy Jones, Angela Barnes, Jonathan Lipton (horns), London Symphony Orchestra/Sir John Eliot Gardiner, (conductor), Philharmonie, Berlin, 14.9.2014 (MC)
Magri and Daza Rescue Berlin’s Bewildering La Traviata
Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Berlin/Domingo Hindoyan (conductor), Schiller Theatre, Berlin, 20.9.2014 (MC)
Passion and Spontaneity from Rattle and Berlin Philharmonic
Germany Musikfest Berlin 2014 – Schumann, Brahms : Berliner Philharmoniker/Sir Simon Rattle Philharmonie, Berlin, 18.9.2014
WDR Sinfonieorchester Impresses with its Professionalism and Enthusiasm
Germany Berlin Musikfest 2014 – Wolfgang Rihm, Franz Schubert: Trio Jean Paul, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln Jukka–Pekka Saraste (conductor), Philharmonie, Berlin 17.9.14 (MC)
[(c) Kai Bienert