United States Handel: Jay Carter (countertenor), Steven Soph (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass-baritone), Cleveland Orchestra Chamber Chorus (Robert Porco, director), Cleveland Orchestra, Ton Koopman (conductor, continuo) Severance Hall, Cleveland, 9.5.2013 (MSJ)
Mark S. Jordan
From New to Old, With a Nod to Ansel Adams
United States Shepherd, Shostakovich, Dvořák: Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor) Severance Hall, Cleveland, 21.4.2013 (MSJ)
Swaggering Orff Follows Oboe d’Amore
United States Bach, Orff: Robert Walters (oboe d’amore), Rebecca Nelsen (soprano), Nicholas Phan (tenor), Stephen Powell (baritone), Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Robert Porco (director), Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus, Ann Usher (director), James Feddeck (conductor) Severance Hall, Cleveland, 11.4.2013 (MSJ)
Polite Ravel Before Theatrical Mahler
United States Ravel, Mahler: Cleveland Orchestra, Alan Gilbert (conductor) Severance Hall, Cleveland, 21.3.2013 (MSJ)
A Bracing Move from Neoclassical to Classical
Stravinsky, Haydn: Alexandra Coku (soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano), Matthew Polenzani (tenor), David Pittsinger (bass-baritone), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor), Symphony Hall, Boston. 26.2.2013 (MSJ)
Even in a Snowstorm, Blomstedt Packs the Hall
United States Nielsen, Beethoven: Cleveland Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor) Severance Hall, Cleveland, 16.2.2013 (MSJ)