Musica Sacra gives Christmas favorites the deluxe treatment at Carnegie Hall

United StatesUnited States Various, ‘Classics for Christmas’: Kathryn Lewek (soprano), Mariko Anraku (harp), Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra / Kent Tritle and Michael Sheetz (conductors). Carnegie Hall, New York, 17.12.2025. (RP)

Kathryn Lewek (soprano) and Kent Tritle (conductor) with the Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra © Brian Hatton

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Measured voices: Brahms with Vengerov and Friends at Carnegie Hall

United StatesUnited States Isaac Stern Memorial Concert – Brahms, ‘Maxim Vengerov and Friends’: Maxim Vengerov, Vilde Frang (violins), James Ehnes (viola), Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Yefim Bronfman (piano), Anthony McGill (clarinet). Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, 16.12.2025. (ES-S)

[l-r] Maxim Vengerov, Vilde Frang, Yefim Bronfman, James Ehnes and Daniel Müller-Schott in Brahms’s Piano Quintet © Chris Lee

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The Met’s Andrea Chénier has impressive singing from Beczała and Yoncheva and Rustioni’s sure hand

United StatesUnited States The Met: Live in HD – Giordano, Andrea Chénier: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Daniele Rustioni (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Gary Halvorson) from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 13.12.2025. (JPr)

Piotr Beczała (Andrea Chénier) and Sonya Yoncheva in Act I © Karen Almond/Met Opera

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