R. Strauss, Die Frau ohne Schatten: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Vladamir Jurowski (conductor), Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, New York, 12.11.2013 (SSM)
Met’s Die Frau, Without a Shadow of a Doubt, a Great Production
New York
Speed Counts
United States Bach, Handel, Mozart: Miah Persson (soprano), Stephanie Blythe (mezzo-soprano), Frédéric Antoun (tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Labadie (conductor), New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt (choral director), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 7.11.2013 (SSM)
The Met’s Tosca Is Compelling To Watch On The Big Screen
United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, conducted by Riccardo Frizza. The Met Live in HD broadcast to the Odeon Cinema, Chelmsford, 9.11.2013. (JPr)
Halloween Adds Whimsy to Britten’s Shakespeare
United States Britten, A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera, James Conlon (conductor), Metropolitan Opera House, New York, NY. 31.10.2013 (DS)
Thunder and Agitation: Music Not Quite Ready to Be Sturm und Drang.
Zelenka, Benda, Pisendel, C. P. E. Bach: Dresden and Berlin: A Celebration of Two Courts, 12th Annual Jerome L. Greene Concert, Juilliard415, Nicholas McGegan (conductor), Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 4.11.2013 (SSM)
John Cage Invites You to a Party
United States (125 Composers), Cage100 Party Pieces: Either/Or, Richard Carrick (conductor), Miller Theatre, New York City. 17.10.2013 (BH)
András Schiff’s Monumental Performance of Two Great Piano Monuments
United States Bach, Beethoven: András Schiff, Carnegie Hall, New York, 5.11.2013 (SSM)
Cheers for Penderecki’s Concerto Grosso
United States Ravel, Penderecki, Musorgsky: Carter Brey, Alisa Weilerstein, Daniel Müller-Schott (cellos), New York Philharmonic, Charles Dutoit (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New York City. 26.10.2013 (DS)
