Germany Wagner, Korngold, Stucky, Strauss: Hilary Hahn (violin), Jaap van Zweden (conductor), Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Hall Gasteig, Munich, 17.3.2013 (JFL)
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Britten’s War Requiem Reconciles Past Differences
Germany Benjamin Britten, War Requiem, Op. 66: Emily Magee (soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Tölz Boys’ Choir, Max Hanft (organ), Bavarian Radio Choir, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor), Philharmonie, Gasteig, Munich, 14.3.2013 (MC)
Glorious Playing from an Elite String Quartet
Germany Mozart, Janáček and Haydn: Emerson Quartet [Philip Setzer (violin), Eugene Drucker (violin), Lawrence Dutton (viola) & David Finckel (cello)], Hercules Hall, Munich, 12.3.2013
Konwitschny’s Tristan, Meier’s Isolde: Still Young at Fifteen
Germany R. Wagner, Tristan & Isolde: Soloists, Bavarian State Orchestra, Kent Nagano (conductor), Bavarian State Orchestra, 7.3.2013 (JFL)
Munich Philharmonic at the Hofbräuhaus
Germany Traditional and Festive Marches: Winds of the Munich Philharmonic, Albert Osterhammer (leader), Festsaal of the Hofbräuhaus, Munich, 3.3.2012 (JFL)
Munich’s Godunov: A Bullet to the Head
Germany M. Musorgsky, Boris Godunov: Soloists, Bavarian State Orchestra, Kent Nagano (conductor), Bavarian State Orchestra, 20.2.2012 (JFL)
Zubin Mehta, Angel Blue, and Gustav Mahler
Germany Mahler: Mihoko Fujimura (mezzo), Angel Blue (soprano), Zubin Mehta (conductor), Munich Philharmonic, Philharmonic Hall Gasteig, Munich, 20.2.2013 (JFL)
Newfound Home: Gergiev in Munich
Germany Gubaidulina, Bruckner: Geir Draugsvoll (bayan), Valery Gergiev (conductor), Munich Philharmonic, Philharmonic Hall, Gasteig, Munich, 1.2.13 (JFL)