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Contemporary sensations, both keen and dramatic: ‘Sound On’ with conductor Brad Lubman

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United StatesUnited States Czernowin, Abrahamsen – ‘Sound On’: Members of Neue Vocalsolisten, Members of Julliard Orchestra, New York Philharmonic / Brad Lubman (conductor). Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, New York, 29.10.2025. (DS)

Brad Lubman conducting ‘Sound On’ at Lincoln Center © Chris Lee

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Leon Botstein and the ASO unearth nineteenth-century sacred vestiges

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United StatesUnited States ‘Requiem and Revelation’ – Cornelius, Cherubini: Wendy Bryn Harmer (soprano), Krysty Swann (mezzo-soprano), Eric Taylor (tenor), Harold Wilson (bass), Bard Festival Chorale (director: James Bagwell), American Symphony Orchestra / Leon Botstein (conductor). St. Bartholomew’s Church, New York, 13.11.2025. (ES-S)

Leon Botstein leading the ASO © Matt Dine

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The immense promise of Grigoryan and De Tommaso radiates out of Zeffirelli’s vintage Met La bohème

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United StatesUnited States Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Keri Lynn-Wilson (conductor). Recorded live (directed by Gary Halvorson) at the Met on 8.11.2025 and seen at the Everyman Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex. (JPr)

Freddie De Tommaso (Rodolfo) and Julian Grigoryan (Mimì) © Karen Almond/Met Opera

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French music, a French orchestra and an outstanding Daniil Trifonov at Carnegie Hall

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United StatesUnited States Various: Daniil Trifonov (piano), Orchestre National de France / Cristian Măcelaru (conductor). Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, New York, 9.11.2025. (ES-S)

Cristian Măcelaru leading pianist Daniil Trifonov and the Orchestre National de France © Stefan Cohen

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